Annie

You may grimace at some points, but kids might like it anyway.

There's nothing wrong with reworking the score of Annie -- as this film does -- but too often, the movie seems a little embarrassed to be a musical at all, making it seem as if it's having a crisis of confidence.

The song selection and its presentation seems out of his control.

Though the old numbers are here, they're staged in an off-hand manner that lacks the excitement of John Huston's original.

A flattened, bowdlerised project that has passed through too many hands

Are you a little girl, aged between six and ten?... Have you learnt every song from Frozen and are you ready to torment your parents with a whole new repertoire?... congratulations, you are part of the ridiculously specific target audience for [Annie].

This film’s biggest mistake is that it brings Annie into the 21st century, only to discover that in this century she doesn’t actually have anything relevant to say.

Visually, Gluck keeps things zipping along with clever use of reflections and a snappy 21st century take on a car chase...

An attempt to recreate an icon for a new age but falls flatter than Miss Hannigan's high notes.

Quvenzhané Wallis is truly up to the task of playing the perceptively precocious Annie.