Annie

A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Annie.  Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") stars as Annie, 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 (Cameron Diaz). But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – 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.

I had the lowest of expectations for this movie.  I hate the remakes of movies like this.  Rarely are they any good and are usually huge insults to fans of the original.  I'm not sure if it was the low expectations or just the lightness of the movie and it's acknowledgement at times orpf they original it was remaking but I shockingly ended up liking this movie.  The singing was better than expected - especially the kid.  The overacting of Cameron Diaz was nowhere near Carol Burnett in the original but was still entertaining.  And the bottom line is that they hook you and you care how it will all play out even though you already know.  

I would actually recommend people checking this out.  It's a great family movie and is actually a decent version of the movie for a new generation even if it's not nearly as good as the original.