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.
Acting
Wallis carries this entire movie on her tiny shoulders.
Score
Sia reimagined 'Tomorrow' and somehow made it better.
Director
Will Gluck
Quvenzhané Wallis
Annie Bennett
Jamie Foxx
William "Will" Stacks
Rose Byrne
Grace Farrell
Cameron Diaz
Miss Colleen Hannigan
Bobby Cannavale
Guy Danlily
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Nash
David Zayas
Lou
Amanda Troya
Pepper
Zoe Colletti
Tessie
Nicolette Pierini
Mia
Eden Duncan-Smith
Isabella
Dorian Missick
Annie's "Dad"
Tracie Thoms
Annie's "Mom"
Mike Birbiglia
Social Services Inspector
Stephanie Kurtzuba
Ms. Kovacevic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jay-Z and Will Smith produced this specifically to give Wallis the role after her Beasts of the Southern Wild Oscar nomination made her too famous for the original plan of an unknown.
This was the first Annie adaptation to cast a Black Annie and explicitly address class/race in modern NYC — Stacks lives in a literal tower above everyone else.
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