Director: Will Gluck
This remake of the 1981 favourite musical finds Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) left at a foster home by her parents as a baby with a note saying they would be back for her some day.
Since then she’s been under the care of the mean Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz) who makes Annie and the other foster girls work their fingers to the bone.
While running after a dog one day, Annie bumps into New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) and falls into the path of an oncoming van.
Stacks pulls her out of the way and is hailed as a hero.
When his VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) find out his heroic move has put Stacks five points up in the polls, they decide it would be a wise campaign move to have him seen spending time with Annie.
Despite Miss Hannigan’s reluctance, Grace picks Annie up to take her for lunch with Stacks.
When Annie finds out why she got the invite, she says that Stacks would probably be elected president if he took her to live with him.
He does just that and Annie’s cheerful optimism begins to grow on him.
