Annie
A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, had her life changed when she encounters New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks.
3 December 1975, New York City, New York, USA
14 August 1983, Chernovtsy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]
15 January 1976, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
March 07, 2016
The film makes it to three stars simply for a hilarious scene in which Stacks takes the kids to watch a movie, which is a most brilliant Twilight parody, called MoonQuake Lake.
May 25, 2015
After its sly opening--meta-jokes about the Annie we expect; a song-and-dance about class divides--the flick mostly gives us a cocky, fully-formed child, broadly shticked-out adults, a musical-ness that seems show-offy, and almost no political savvy.
September 26, 2016
There's nothing wrong with reworking the score of Annie -- as this film does -- but too often, the movie seems a little embarrassed to be a musical at all, making it seem as if it's having a crisis of confidence.
December 23, 2014
A teeter-totter between O.K. and Meh.
March 07, 2017
You may grimace at some points, but kids might like it anyway.
December 19, 2014
Considering this musical has its roots in Depression-era American, Gluck's contemporary take on the material is eerily lacking in observations about the rich/poor divide in this country.
December 29, 2014
Even Sandy the dog looks like he's had enough.
April 26, 2016
This seems like a film that doesn't really want to be a musical.
December 29, 2014
The vigorous display of good feelings and comforting resolutions has an unusually effervescent sincerity, even if the rags-to-riches wish-fulfillment leaps over all the hard knocks.
May 11, 2017
Every time it seems that Hollywood may finally be winding down with their producing of endless unnecessary remakes, a movie like Annie comes along to remind us just how creatively bankrupt the mainstream movie industry remains.
January 09, 2015
The song selection and its presentation seems out of his control.
