Annie, a favorite theatre production and movie, I was onboard to watch the Live TV version. I was sad to see so many script changes in this version. They lost the Annie "sparkle". We muscled through, but found it a little difficult. Beautiful voices, great dancing and some good acting but not stellar across the board. I actually felt it was the Director adding and deleting script, along with taking humerous moments for Annie and making them emotional. Needed to be more uplifting.
I'm happy to see a racially diverse cast. I did wonder why Annie did not have a red wig. Titus did not do the role of Rooster well. I loved Harry, Taraji, Nicholle and the rest of the adult cast. The children did a great job.
Overall, I gave 6 out of 10 as I felt the director caused many of the lackluster issues, as the rest of the cast portrayed based on his direction. That said, if you are an Annie fan it is worth watching.
