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Annie
PG (SINGAPORE)
2014
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Positive Reviews
34
Negative reviews
54
Average Rating
2.3
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2.5
Any scene without Wallis and her gang of remarkably symmetrical, well groomed orphans feels like a chore Lets just get through this, the movie seems t ..
Av Club
1.5
Its just beyond awful, from the shrill musical numbers to the bland acting and flat script.
We Got This Covered
2.5
Annie is more like a placid drive through flatland, with the occasional cow spotting to break up the scenery.Its corny, but sometimes genuinely funny.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Nice effects work, a relatively swift moving narrative, sweet performances, and, by now, a well worn premise prove inspiring this time out, and not de ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Although the film might have been a fun holiday diversion, its admirably revisionist spirit is undermined by the same proto Randian contempt for the p ..
Time Out
1.5
Annie doesnt bother suggesting that theres more to existence than material possessions.
Screen Daily
4.5
I did not expect to like Annie, but I forgot that Gluck is a very smart director who doesnt force laughs, and finds unexpected ways to tell a story.
Collider
3.0
Two of my favorite people in Hollywood working together on an exciting reimagining of one of my favorite musicals what could go wrong Sadly, too much.
Paste Magazine
3.8
Annie is very, very light on its feet, very frothy, and always unselfconsciously, at times provocatively kind hearted, determined to melt grumpy heart ..
Rogerebert
2.0
Theres not much delight to be had in an orphans bedazzlement by this corporate paradise besides, is gaining material wealth all the story has to offer
Telegraph
2.0
Annie actually does a good job setting up its plot.Scenes are punctuated by amusing lines, and while some of the early musical numbers dont land, espe ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
The awkward choreography is also disappointing.But the strangest mistake is the music, which has been blandly retooled for a new generation.
Ny Daily News
1.5
Id say ANNIE was the big disaster of the holiday season were it not for the fact that its just so bland and forgettable that it doesnt even make a big ..
JoBlo
2.5
Nevertheless, adults may find that in trying to emulate the playful humor of the musical, Glucks adaptation comes across as more cheesy than cheeky wi ..
Screen Rant
1.3
Turns out that engaging characters, infectious melodies, suspense, drama and dance extravaganzas appeal to children of all eras.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
It seems sadly apt that the Daddy Warbucks figure played by Jamie Foxx in the new Annie is a cellphone mogul.Because Foxx is pretty much phoning in hi ..
Philly
3.1
Annie, a musical that the decades have rendered into a punchline, is modernized, made more streetwise and brought back to life in a production backed ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
Given a pop music makeover and a populated with a cast of non singers, the new take on Annie is missing the charm and Broadway bellow of previous inca ..
Blu Ray
3.0
The castwhich features Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrnehas good fun with the material, though not everyone sings well.
Chicago Reader
2.5
Wallis is pluckily charming as Annie, a role that depends entirely on plucky charm.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Director Will Gluck should have cast actors with musical backgrounds.
Usa Today
2.0
Anyone else and this unfortunately includes the parents who will have to accompany the target audience will find the film about as much fun as an impa ..
The Times
2.0
Review Our Score by Alan Jones The 1977 Broadway hit has suffered an overblown 1982 adaptation, a sickly 1999 TV movie and a terrible stage sequel.But ..
Radio Times
2.5
Youll tap your toes.But other tunes like I Think Im Gonna Like It Here and Youre Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile are absolutely butchered.
Screen It
3.0
As for the gloopy sentimentality, that has always been an essential part of Annies DNA. You couldnt make a film about her without it.
Independent
0.0
For starters, updating the Depression era tale to NYC 2014 is a really dumb idea.
Rolling Stone
2.5
Byrne is ever winsome in an undemanding role shaded by layers of loneliness.
The Wrap
2.5
Instead, the movie feels casually and even carelessly mishandled.
News Day
2.8
Considering this musical has its roots in Depression era American, Glucks contemporary take on the material is eerily lacking in observations about th ..
Cs Monitor
3.5
But in the end, this new adaptation of Annie is just too glossy and slick, and its hopeful message now seems more like a blatant ploy to satisfy the a ..
Film Journal
3.0
Unsure whether to whisper or scream, the film makers settle for something uncomfortably in between.
The Guardian
1.0
This movie is slathered in slush, immersed in yuckiness and positively laminated in ickiness.Its supposed to warm your cockles.
The Guardian
3.0
While tween girls are likely to enjoy the sing along update, parents will likely find it predictable.
Az Central
3.5
This kind of good humor permeates the film even at its weakest and makes it unfailingly pleasant, if only sometimes great.
Mountain X
4.5
I could be possessive and sniffy and negative and I could catalog the differences between what I loved more and what I loved less.But every generation ..
Npr
3.1
The rest of the cast doesnt fare much better.Foxx who can sing is saddled with some new songs that should never, ever be released on a soundtrack.
Star Tribune
1.9
For adults at the time, it was a spectacular disaster, thanks in large part to the bizarre direction of Huston.
Star Tribune
1.5
One can only hope that Byrne, Diaz, and Cannavale had movie musical on their bucket lists and will never tarnish their talents in such a way again.Asi ..
Ew
2.0
Even worse, it lacks the authenticity of the original narrative and garners a manufactured aesthetic that makes the narrative feel less like a fantasy ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
But, while really young children might enjoy it, the more mature may struggle.
Flim List
1.5
Yet, it instead feels limp and lifeless.The covers of the original songs dont hold candles to the original cast recordings, and the new songs are blan ..
Film Inquiry
2.0
And neither Rose Byrne nor Cameron Diaz should bank on musical comedies in the future.
Susang Ranger
3.0
Annie isnt perfect, but its an entertaining musical with a good mix of the old fashioned Annie spirit and modern life.
Common Sense Media
1.3
This is squarely aimed at kids, however, despite the C+C Music Factory jokes.The film uneasily treads a wobbly line between styles, with furtive stabs ..
Sf Gate
3.0
The vigorous display of good feelings and comforting resolutions has an unusually effervescent sincerity, even if the rags to riches wish fulfillment ..
New Yorker
0.6
2014: Annies America makes director John Hustons elephantine, synthetically charismatic 1982 adaptation look like a Minnelliesque model of focus and c ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
Ultimately, Annie is so fixated on being current that it will never be more than a passing fancy.
Washington Post
1.5
Quvenzhane Wallis is a born movie star, with charisma to burn and a rare ability to magnetize an audiences attention.She showed as much in Beasts of t ..
The New York Times
1.9
The overall vibe of this folly is curdled and utterly blase; its a 118 minute foregone conclusion, finesse free and perilously low on the simple perfo ..
Chicago Tribune
2.5
The unforced cleverness of the opening scenes gives way to lazy plotting, awkwardly staged musical numbers, and car chases.By the end, the movie resem ..
Boston Globe
3.5
Glucks musical may not be perfect, but its got its heart in the right place.
Reeling Reviews
2.5
But the movie is energetic yet bland, inoffensive and instantly forgettable.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
The final cut feels like nobodys child.Who exactly is this film aimed at
The Irish Times
2.0
Im glad parents have a movie they can take their kids to see this holiday season, and Im really glad its not a complete turkey.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Starting with insipid material once again yields insipid results.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
This is nothing new but its unusual for a lightweight production to acknowledge such a deeply cynical truth.
ReelViews
2.0
Putting aside the grating performances, the clumsy direction, the visual ugliness and the haphazard development of story, character and relationships, ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
We get the Annie we deserve. This one is sweet, funny and soulless. Kids will love it.
Standard
2.0
Why would a mediocre musical like Annie get another shot...lackluster...until (it) closes with a smashing reprise of Tomorrow by the full cast under t ..
Tony Medley
4.0
The downer is not so much the divide between the have and have nots, although Gluck has widened it considerably.
Los Angeles Times
2.5
Indeed, the entire film lacks any sense of poverty beyond the simple absence of luxury.
Variety
1.8
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
3.0
Its harmless and occasionally charming, but its never been my cup of tea.
Forbes
2.5
Vocal treatments that have been Auto Tuned to processed perfection are probably the main reason the music fails to truly connect. The addition of a fe ..
Herald Sun
0.5
But even without that baggage, Annie is a bad movie.Its boring as hell.
Consequence Of Sound
2.5
Its just that Gluck hasnt been able to do it in a truly meaningful and exciting way.
Movie Habit
2.0
Theres 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, m ..
Vox
3.0
It largely succeeds, but in the process it alienates the casual viewer.
Hey U Guys
1.9
Annie Starring Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz and Bobby Cannavale.Directed by Will Gluck.
The Star
2.2
Its undeniably a positive thing to create pop culture images that more accurately reflect the diversity of American kids, but its a shame that the res ..
Oregon Live
3.5
It has a good message and some nice moments but is more functional than exceptional.
Deseret News
4.5
Its as uplifting as a rainbow: fun, funny, engaging and entertaining, tugging with our heartstrings, too.
Urban Cine File
2.5
Suffice to say I expect better than Glee style editing and auto tuned vocal silliness from an adaptation of a celebrated stage musical.
Ner Dist
1.9
Unfortunately, Will Glucks version of the musical is a yawn inducing bore that lacks even the minimal charm required to make the songs work.
Movies Tv Guide
2.0
By moving the story to the present, a lot of the charm of the show is lost.
Maki At The Movies
2.0
Previously, hes scored well with clever comedies like Easy A and pants off rom com Friends with Benefits, but hes lost the light touch for humour, ins ..
Digital Spy
3.2
Mostly Wallis is up to the task, radiating charm without pushing it.
Tamp A Bay
0.6
Leapin lizards! The evergreen Broadway musical Annie strays far from its Depression era roots with truly dismaying results in this crass, charmless, t ..
New York Post
2.0
Its a stylised movie taking place in a ludicrous Manhattan as Kingdom Come neverland of pure moviemagic.
Abc
1.5
Otherwise, this seems like a film that doesnt really want to be a musical, such is the tepid delivery of the song and dance bits by director Will Gluc ..
Nz Herald
2.0
Kids will love the wall to wall singing regardless my panel of experts aged four and six did but parents with fond memories of the original may need t ..
Flicks
2.5
2 stars (out of four) In the 1982 big screen version of the 1977 Broadway musical Annie, the titular orphaned redhead was an annoying little sprite.I ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.8
Even if this particular here and now Annie does not age as impeccably as the period piece in which it has typically been staged in the past, the messa ..
Dustin Put Man
2.0
And even as the filmmakers desperately strain to be hip and slick, this gentle story is rather enjoyable.
Contact Music
2.5
It makes sense that Stacks is a rampant germophobe; this movies afraid of getting grit on its hands, too.
The Filmy Ap
2.2
Its what we all want out of life apparently.Nothing in this film rings true.
The Film Pie
3.0
Its broad and occasionally appallingly materialistic, but its also bold in its approach to transforming a musty, dusty property into something that co ..
The Dissolve
1.0
But then it keeps giving into the lame.The musical numbers are perfunctory mixes of rote singing and stiff dancing; theres a lot of swaying arms and f ..
Metro New York
2.5
This sickly sweet story of an orphan adopted by a billionaire, warming his heart and singing her soul out must have demanded a bit more gee whiz perso ..
Crave Online
2.0
A mildly entertaining and mostly painless family film that provides spark plug Quvenzhane Wallis an extended opportunity to show off her star qualitie ..
No La
0.5
Its listless and incompetently staged, the talented cast giving barn door sized performances while gasping away in a hermetic vacuum of dead air, snar ..
Movie Mezzanine
3.5
If ever there were an entertainment franchise that needed some updating, its Little Orphan Annie, the basis for the charming new family style romantic ..
East Bay Express
2.0
Synopsis The musical adventures of the irrepressible scamp Annie last filmed in 1982 are given a Glee like makeover in this selfie conscious update fr ..
Sky
2.0
In essence, this is a re boot not a re make, which means that it feels refreshing and relevant to a modern audience.
Fan The Fire Magazine
1.0
Now Hollywood has done something astonishing with cutesy 80s musical Annie theyve made it more nauseating than ever.
Daily Star
2.5
PHOTOS: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale Look, the 1982 film has its flaws the vaguely racist Punjab character and Annies scary near death experience on ..
Us Magazine
2.2
If you want the magic of the 1977 Broadway hit, then you need to keep most, if not all, of the songs in a nostalgic structure.
Movie Chambers
2.5
Like its predecessors, its a fantasy.But unlike them, its not so much heartwarming as warmed over.
Miami
1.8
Yet more often than not, Ill get into the theater and end up enjoying the ride.
Schmoes Know
3.0
Unfortunately, this is not an adaptation but a straight on remake of the original musical turned film and, as such, it is surprisingly bland.
Iol Co Za
3.5
Though its going to get lambasted, this new Annie is actually kind of fun on its own terms, with a rapid fire pace and actors who arent afraid to be s ..
Seattle Weekly
3.2
Easton, MD (21601) Today Intervals of clouds and sunshine.A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible.
Stardem
1.9
Its worst contemporary element, however, is its self referential tone.
M Live
4.4
The new songs may fall flat, and the editing may not be ideal for a musical, but its ultimately hard to resist a family friendly film thats this confi ..
City Weekly
2.0
Mashed up, hip hop songs, miscast performers, and a production that sinks far more than than it soars.
Neils Entertainment Picks
1.9
This is a musical where they could have cut the music and saved us all the time and effort.
Dcw50
3.5
But watching kids sing and dance is fun.Watching Jamie Foxx dance with kids is really fun and should have been incorporated earlier into the plot.
Nerd Report
2.0
For us to buy something as sweet and saccharine as Annie, it needs to take place not in the real world but in a slightly magical version of it, where ..
Complex
1.5
But in all the ways that matter its a missed opportunity to take a flawed musical and transform it into a powerful new myth with a particular African ..
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