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Annie<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

\"Annie<\/a><\/p>\n

Remakes are tough to make, even if there are children’s classics. In this updated version of Broadway’s Annie,\u00a0Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis is charming and delightful as the title character but lacks the singing skills and along with poor performances by Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, makes you want to stay home and listen to old soundtrack to get enjoyment.<\/p>\n

Not even with a production team that includes\u00a0James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith<\/strong>, and Will Smith<\/strong> through Overbrook Entertainment, and by Shawn \u201cJAY Z\u201d Carter, Jay Brown<\/strong>, and Tyran \u201cTy Ty\u201d Smith<\/strong> through Marcy Media, can save the mediocre\u00a0musical sequences playing throughout the film.<\/p>\n

\"ANNIE<\/a><\/p>\n

Left in a restaurant in a\u00a0Greenwich Village restaurant when she was just a baby, Annie (Wallis) now lives with other orphan girls in an Harlem apartment under the care of\u00a0Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz), who rather keep adding as many kids as she can to collect government money ($157 a week).<\/p>\n

\"ANNIE<\/a><\/p>\n

In comes\u00a0Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), a billionaire cellphone\u00a0tycoon who accidentally runs into and saves Annie from a speeding car. As Stacks is also a\u00a0New York mayoral candidate, he heroic action inspires his campaign manager\u00a0Guy (Bobby Cannavale) and VP, Grace (Rose Byrne)\u00a0to use Annie to rise his status in the polls. He’s not popular amongst the citizen and working with Annie and other kids can boost his image.<\/p>\n

\"ANNIE<\/a><\/p>\n

Invited to live with Stacks, Annie takes full advantage of having a room to herself, new clothes, and some peace of mind, hoping her current situation will last long. When things start to look good and comfy between Stacks and Annie to the point where he may adopt her, Guy and Miss Hannigan conspire to see that it doesn’t happen.<\/p>\n

When Annie gets convinced that Stacks is only using her and will send her back to Miss Hannigan, she wonders what’s best to her future.<\/p>\n

\"ANNIE<\/a><\/p>\n

As great as she was in\u00a0\u201cBeasts of the Southern Wild,\u201d Wallis certainly needed more singing lessons to at least measure up to the previous folks who played on Annie on stage and screen. Foxx, on the other hand, is an accomplished singer but here, he adds no memorable value to the role or the song he sings. Poor Cameron Diaz. After her earlier film this year, ‘Sex Tape,’ died at the box office, she gives in another worthless performance. For kids who have never heard or seen any previous version of “Annie,” they may get a giggle or two from here, but other than, here’s one remake will the sun won’t come out tomorrow.<\/p>\n