Storyline
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the recommendation of his advisers. Stacks believes that he's Annie's guardian angel, but the plucky youngster's confidence and sunny outlook may mean that Annie will save Will instead.
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Cast
Jamie Foxx, Peter Van Wagner, Ty Jones, Cameron Diaz, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Rose Byrne, Ashton Kutcher, Bobby Cannavale, Tracie Thoms, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Mike Birbiglia, Andrew Fleming, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Dorian Missick, David Zayas, Pat Kiernan, Rihanna, Bobby Moynihan, Ray Iannicelli, Victor Cruz, Quvenzhané Wallis, Michael J. Fox, Amanda Troya, Zoe Colletti, Nicolette Pierini, Eden Duncan-Smith, Raushanah Simmons, Donna Marie Recco, Sia, Beth Rowe, Jill Nocolini, Brad Bong, Jessica Sherr, Scarlett Benchley, Taylor Richardson, Derrick Baskin, Pernell Walker, Lytle Harper, J. Kaitlin Becker, Ruby Rose Turner
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Reviews
63
Even with all this sparkle, the film staggers through its third act. By then, the script has rubbed the rough edges off the villains and made whatever point it was going to make several times over.
50
No amount of self-referential jokes can make up for a lack of heart and spirit. Thankfully, Annie lacks neither.
50
Little girls will love it. I used to be a little girl once, too. I didn’t care much for the Top 40 glossy coat slathered over every song, but this heart will never harden to a spunky kid who’s certain the sun’ll come out tomorrow.
40
Unfortunately, the longer this Annie goes on, the more steam it loses.
40
Perhaps the most hypercurrent thing about Gluck’s film is how it espouses the value of family while actually celebrating products as the only true form of modern connection.
