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Anything But Love

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Anything But Love (2003)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:7

Rotten:10

Average Rating:5.2/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some language and innuendo

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $58,739

Synopsis: ANYTHING BUT LOVE, which celebrates the style and sensibility of the 50’s Technicolor musicals, tells a contemporary love story of a young woman choosing between the life she wants and the dreams... ANYTHING BUT LOVE, which celebrates the style and sensibility of the 50’s Technicolor musicals, tells a contemporary love story of a young woman choosing between the life she wants and the dreams she can’t live without. The film stars ISABEL ROSE as Billie Golden, a woman infatuated with the glamour of an era long past. Dressed to the nines in the look of Hepburn and Hayworth, Billie envisions herself singing in plush nightclubs amidst velvet curtains and the sparkle of champagne. After a series of setbacks, she runs into high school heartthrob, Greg Ellenbogen (CAMERON BANCROFT), who quickly sweeps her off her feet. But when she meets a jaded pianist, Elliot Shepard (ANDREW MCCARTHY), she finds herself caught between competing dreams, a dilemma only EARTHA KITT can solve. ANYTHING BUT LOVE pays homage to the type of movie that was a staple of the American moviegoers diet in the 40’s and 50’s. Shot in an approximation of Technicolor, and employing many of the techniques made popular by such legendary filmmakers as Vincent Minnelli and Arthur Freed, ANYTHING recollects those films while presenting an original story set in contemporary Manhattan. If you are familiar with BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, FUNNY FACE, BAND WAGON or PILLOW TALK, you are in for a real treat. While not a satire, ANYTHING is certainly an experience in nostalgia, not only for the good old days of cinema but also for a time when glamour was everything and the spotlights shined on beautiful men and women and when the world danced. -- © Samuel Goldwyn Films [More]

Starring: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Eartha Kitt

Starring: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Eartha Kitt

Director: Robert Cary

Director: Robert Cary
Screenwriter: Isabel Rose, Robert Cary
Producer: Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
01/24/04
Arizona Republic
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An appealing, low-budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie, whose pluck and talent are tonic -- if as shopworn as her thrift-store threads.

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12/11/03
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Ends up little more than a vanity piece for Rose and an exercise in style over substance for Cary.

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12/04/03
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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To borrow a word from another American standard, Anything but Love, is hardly unforgettable. But if you're looking for the movie equivalent of comfort food, then there's something to dig into here.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
11/21/03
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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[An] ungainly little movie.

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11/21/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Filmed in the colors of newborn Technicolor, plotted as a tribute to the conventions of Hollywood romance, filled with standard songs, it's by and for people who love those kinds of movies.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/21/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The earnest, low-budget indie Anything But Love isn't quite the movie you'd like it to be, but it provides some kicks, nonetheless.

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11/20/03
Ellen Fox
Ellen Fox
Chicago Tribune
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The filmmaking pales when compared with the classic elements of 1950s and early '60s romantic musicals to which it pays homage.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/19/03
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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This stylized romantic comedy offers limited, largely synthetic rewards.

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11/14/03
Steven Winn
Steven Winn
San Francisco Chronicle
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The script is a sappy '40s melodrama transported into the 21st century, where it just creaks.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/14/03
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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This is a micro-budgeted tribute to Hollywood musicals of the '40s and '50s that's all the more endearing for its flaws.

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11/14/03
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The thin story -- a 32-year-old woman who lives at home with Mom, sings in the bar at an airport motel, and lives in a fantasy world of musicals -- feels less romantic than pathetic.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
11/13/03
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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The results are earnest but completely resistable, more borscht-belt Cabaret than My Big Fat New York Tryout.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
11/13/03
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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Anything but unpredictable, but it is a pleasant, good-natured picture that struggles, gallantly if vainly, to recapture the style and sensibility of a studio musical on the severely limited budget of an independent film.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/13/03
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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It succeeds because it dares to take its people and their dreams seriously, with a gently humorous affection, instead of merely sending them up, and because it clearly is taking place in the Manhattan of here and now and not in some vague time warp.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/13/03
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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[Rose] isn't enough of a draw to make the formula worth recycling.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
11/13/03
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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If this is such a cheesy, derivative movie, why did I watch it twice with such delight?

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11/11/03
Elizabeth Zimmer
Elizabeth Zimmer
Village Voice
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Well points for trying, thumbs down for me.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
11/11/03
Richard Roeper
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