Annie
It's a hard knock life
2014 | 118m | English
Popularity: 7 (history)
| Director: | Will Gluck |
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| Writer: | Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 18, 2014 |
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| Director: | Will Gluck |
| Writer: | Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, child abuse, helicopter, musical, based on comic, based on play or musical, billionaire, orphan, foster sister, foster child, female child abuser, 2010s |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Marcy Media |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $136,853,506
Budget: $65,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Quvenzhané Wallis | Annie Bennett |
| Jamie Foxx | William "Will" Stacks |
| Rose Byrne | Grace Farell |
| Cameron Diaz | Miss Colleen Hannigan |
| Bobby Cannavale | Guy |
| 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 | Mrs. Kovacevic |
| Peter Van Wagner | Harold Gray |
| Michael J. Fox | Himself |
| Raushanah Simmons | YaYa L'Occitane |
| DonnaMarie Recco | Woman on Street |
| Mila Kunis | Andrea Alvin |
| Ashton Kutcher | Simon Goodspeed |
| Rihanna | Moon Goddess |
| Patricia Clarkson | Focus Group Woman |
| Sia | Animal Care & Control Volunteer |
| Bobby Moynihan | Guy In Bar |
| Pat Kiernan | NY1 Reporter |
| Beth Rowe | Reporter |
| Jill Nocolini | Ms. Giannetti |
| Brad Bong | Pickle Stevens |
| Andrew Fleming | Cleve Sweetzer |
| Jessica Sherr | Mary Gillen |
| Scarlett Benchley | Fish Goddess |
| Ray Iannicelli | Waiter at Domani |
| Ty Jones | Stacks Mobile Reporter |
| Victor Cruz | Teacher |
| Taylor Richardson | Red Haired "Annie" |
| Derrick Baskin | Auditioning 'Dad' |
| Pernell Walker | Auditioning 'Mom' |
| Lytle Harper | Domani Reporter |
| J. Kaitlin Becker | Grace's Assistant |
| Ruby Rose Turner | Orphan #8 (uncredited) |
| Cynthia Basinet | Wealthy mother (uncredited) |
| Maesi Caes | Orphan #3 (uncredited) |
| Josh Elliott Pickel | (uncredited) |
| Lily Peterson | Tessie Photo Double |
| Patricia Pinto | Mom |
| Francesca Pinto | Friend of foster girls |
| Alan D. Purwin | Stacks' Pilot |
| Nicholas Pinto | Friend of foster girls |
| Bill Walters | Soup Kitchen Guest (uncredited) |
| Amyrh Harris | Classroom Kid |
| Gabriella Baldacchino | Classmate (uncredited) |
| Tate McRae | Orphan #17 (uncredited) |
| Degenerocity | Kid in Theater (uncredited) |
| Josh Price | Tap Dancing Classmate |
| Booch O'Connell | Movie Premiere Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Marcia Hinds | Production Design |
| Brian Heller | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Michael Grady | Director of Photography |
| Lisa Jaime | Music Editor |
| Sherry Whitfield | Music Editor |
| Carlton Kaller | Music Editor |
| Jon Jordan Dibartolomeo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Jeffrey Wetzel | First Assistant Director |
| Charles Maynes | Sound Effects Editor |
| Darin Moran | Camera Operator |
| Stanley D. Williams | Script Consultant |
| Jody Blose | Script Supervisor |
| Barry Wetcher | Still Photographer |
| Jimmy McBride | Tailor |
| Joanna McCarthy | Key Makeup Artist |
| Jon Wakeham | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Patricia Woodbridge | Art Direction |
| Bill O'Leary | Gaffer |
| Wende Crowley | Music Supervisor |
| Bruce Tanis | Foley Editor |
| David Schlesinger | Set Decoration |
| Louise McCarthy | Makeup Department Head |
| Sha-Sha Shiau | Art Department Coordinator |
| Joel Weaver | Property Master |
| Junior Cyrus Baron | Boom Operator |
| Robert Getty | Dialogue Editor |
| Richie Ford | Rigging Gaffer |
| Kathleen Chopin | Casting |
| Timothy Metzger | Leadman |
| Ulrika Akander | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Randle Akerson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lorena Talpan | Visual Effects Editor |
| Tiffany Kirkland | Costume Coordinator |
| Mara Alcaly | Location Manager |
| David Richard Campbell | Orchestrator |
| Dain I. Kalas | Tailor |
| Robert Troy | Dialogue Editor |
| Andrew Priestley | Camera Operator |
| Careen Fowles | Costume Supervisor |
| Nathan J. Busch II | Hair Department Head |
| Fred Buchholz | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Al Cerullo | Pilot |
| Deb Dyer | Unit Production Manager |
| Missy Simms | Studio Teacher |
| Will Gluck | Screenplay, Director |
| Aline Brosh McKenna | Screenplay |
| Tia Nolan | Editor |
| Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Costume Design |
| Greg Kurstin | Original Music Composer |
| Victor Paguia | Stunt Coordinator |
| Maceo Bishop | Steadicam Operator |
| Dylan Goss | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Mitch Lillian | Key Grip |
| Tyson Bidner | Location Manager |
| Martin Charnin | Theatre Play, Lyricist |
| Haaron Hines | Stunts |
| Caroline Vexler | Stunts |
| Jill Brown | Stunt Driver |
| Shawnna Thibodeau | Stunt Double |
| Charles Strouse | Theatre Play, Original Music Composer, Songs |
| Thomas Meehan | Theatre Play |
| Harold Gray | Comic Book |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tyran Smith | Producer |
| James Lassiter | Producer |
| Jay-Z | Producer |
| Will Smith | Producer |
| Caleeb Pinkett | Producer |
| Jada Pinkett Smith | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 51 | 85 | 31 |
| 2024 | 5 | 59 | 78 | 34 |
| 2024 | 6 | 47 | 69 | 28 |
| 2024 | 7 | 51 | 93 | 27 |
| 2024 | 8 | 56 | 110 | 31 |
| 2024 | 9 | 58 | 78 | 28 |
| 2024 | 10 | 83 | 171 | 56 |
| 2024 | 11 | 73 | 138 | 52 |
| 2024 | 12 | 51 | 108 | 36 |
| 2025 | 1 | 52 | 94 | 36 |
| 2025 | 2 | 34 | 53 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 953 | 953 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 583 | 744 |
Not for the lack of effort, but <em>'Annie'</em> isn't good. I've admittedly never seen the original musical, not that I think that's necessary anyway. I like the cast, while the songs are alright - if cringey. Everything else is either slow, predictable or straight up boring. It might've, perhap ... s, worked better as a flat out drama - though then they'd get hate for changing things, I guess. As noted, the onscreen talent stopped this from falling far down my ratings. Jamie Foxx and Rose Byrne are two actors I enjoy, I found them satisfactory in this - could've been better, could've been worse. Quvenzhané Wallis is more than decent in the lead, while David Zayas is solid. Cameron Diaz is, however, truly awful - and that's coming from someone who likes Diaz; she's very good in films like <em>'Shrek'</em>, <em>'Knight and Day'</em> and <em>'Bad Teacher'</em> but this is certainly the worst I've seen from her - it's a shame that she went out with this as well as the dreadful and overall inferior <em>'Sex Tape'</em>. Despite me rating (most of) the cast themselves, I don't think the casting itself is anything praisable. Foxx, Byrne and Diaz are not three actors I'd immediately think of if I was making a musical - a few of their songs are a tad ropey. Poor, all in all.