
Annie (2014)
It's a hard knock life.
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Annie rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.4/10 on IMDb and 33/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Annie
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.
Cast of Annie

Quvenzhané Wallis
as Annie Bennett

Jamie Foxx
as William "Will" Stacks

Rose Byrne
as Grace Farrell

Cameron Diaz
as Miss Colleen Hannigan

Bobby Cannavale
as Guy Danlily

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Nash

David Zayas
as Lou

Amanda Troya
as Pepper

Zoe Colletti
as Tessie

Nicolette Pierini
as Mia

Eden Duncan-Smith
as Isabella

Dorian Missick
as Annie's "Dad"
Annie facts
- Budget
- $65M
- Box office
- $136.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Musical adaptation brings timeless source material to screen
- •Family-friendly comedy features song-and-dance entertainment
- •Contemporary reimagining of orphan underdog narrative
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal confusion balances comedy with child abuse trauma
- •Oversimplified character arcs lack emotional depth
Trailer
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