Movie of the Week: Annie
Jan. 1st, 2015 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaceyMy last movie of 2014. H is away so S and I went to the cinema on New Year's Eve to see the remake of Annie. We got the last two seats in the house, right down at the front (which is always a bit eye-boggling).
As an adaptation of a stage musical, you know what to expect from a film like this. It was actually very good if you like that sort of thing. Cute kids, feelgood (emotional manipulation), slightly OTT acting, and breaking into song and dance at unlikely moments. You probably have to be in the right mood, take it at face value, suspend disbelief and go with it.
In fact I was in the right mood for something entirely daft and soppy. It's a decent update on the 1982 version. Annie is played by Quvenzhané Wallis who is excellent and already has an impressive list of movie credits for a twelve year old. Jamie Foxx makes a decent job of playing the tycoon who finds his heart thawed gently and Cameron Diaz plays the wicked (foster) step-mom. Musical numbers include updated versions of the Annie classic songs 'Tomorrow' and 'Hard Knock Life' - the latter excellently staged.
It'd definitely a film for kids but the adults who are dragged along kicking and screaming will probably enjoy it more than they will ever admit to.
As an adaptation of a stage musical, you know what to expect from a film like this. It was actually very good if you like that sort of thing. Cute kids, feelgood (emotional manipulation), slightly OTT acting, and breaking into song and dance at unlikely moments. You probably have to be in the right mood, take it at face value, suspend disbelief and go with it.
In fact I was in the right mood for something entirely daft and soppy. It's a decent update on the 1982 version. Annie is played by Quvenzhané Wallis who is excellent and already has an impressive list of movie credits for a twelve year old. Jamie Foxx makes a decent job of playing the tycoon who finds his heart thawed gently and Cameron Diaz plays the wicked (foster) step-mom. Musical numbers include updated versions of the Annie classic songs 'Tomorrow' and 'Hard Knock Life' - the latter excellently staged.
It'd definitely a film for kids but the adults who are dragged along kicking and screaming will probably enjoy it more than they will ever admit to.
