Annie

« Si certains numéros ne manquent pas de dynamisme, ils témoignent aussi des limites vocales de plusieurs interprètes. »

« Les admirateurs de la comédie musicale risquent aussi de crier à l'hérésie quand ils entendront les nouveaux arrangements musicaux. Ils découvriront toutefois trois nouveaux titres d'assez belle tenue. »

« Trop de vacarme pour redonner vie à un classique. »

« Dans le rôle-titre, Quvenzhané Wallis offre une prestation tout à fait charmante, irrésistible, sympathique et lumineuse (...) Malheureusement, on ne peut pas dire en autant des performances de Jamie Foxx et Cameron Diaz, caricaturaux et mièvres à souhait. »

« In the end, Annie is miraculous for just two reasons. Not only does it make you not care about an abandoned orphan, but you're even nonplussed when she finally finds a family, too. »

« I'd say Annie was the big disaster of the holiday season were it not for the fact that it's just so bland and forgettable that it doesn't even make a big enough impression to inspire hate. It's just a nothing film, and one that will likely be forgotten once the kids open their presents X-Mas morning. »

« Every ounce of charm has been pulverized out of the musical in a strained effort to drag it into the social-media age. »

« (...) updating the Depression-era tale to NYC 2014 is a really dumb idea. (...) You can almost see him behind the camera shouting, "More stupid! More shrill!" »

« But in all the ways that matter it's a missed opportunity to take a flawed musical and transform it into a powerful new myth with a particular African-American slant. The black angle is neutered, and the movie not just a dud but a humiliation. »

« Musically, Annie is a disaster. The melodious original score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin gets the full-on Autotune pap treatment, which takes to these songs about as well as a lute to death metal. »

« This Annie won't win any awards for subtlety, much less filmmaking elegance. But a great deal of imagination has been put into it, along with a lot of heart. »