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18/12/2014 Comedy, Drama, Family 1h 58m
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It's a hard knock life.

Overview

Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks—advised by his brilliant VP and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor—makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.

  1. Will Gluck

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Quvenzhané Wallis

    Annie Bennett

  2. Jamie Foxx

    William "Will" Stacks

  3. Rose Byrne

    Grace Farrell

  4. Cameron Diaz

    Miss Colleen Hannigan

  5. Bobby Cannavale

    Guy Danlily

  6. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    Nash

  7. David Zayas

    Lou

  8. Amanda Troya

    Pepper

  9. Zoe Colletti

    Tessie

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2020-11-30
Not for the lack of effort, but 'Annie' isn't good.

I've admittedly never seen the original musical, not that I think that's necessary anyway. I like the cast, while the songs are alright - if cringey. Everything else is either slow, predictable or straight up boring. It might've, perhaps, worked better as a flat out drama - though then they'd get hate for changing things, I guess.

As noted, the onscreen talent stopped this from falling far down my ratings. Jamie Foxx and Rose Byrne are two actors I enjoy, I found them satisfactory in this - could've been better, could've been w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$65,000,000.00

Revenue
$136,853,506.00

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