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Anything Else (2003)

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Reviews Counted:129

Fresh:52

Rotten:77

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: Too many elements from better Woody Allen films are being recycled here.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for a scene of drug use and some sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $3,135,535

Synopsis: Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci star as a mismatched couple in Woody Allen's funny and well-made romantic comedy ANYTHING ELSE. Biggs plays Jerry Falk, a young comedy writer looking to make it big,... Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci star as a mismatched couple in Woody Allen's funny and well-made romantic comedy ANYTHING ELSE. Biggs plays Jerry Falk, a young comedy writer looking to make it big, while Ricci is Amanda, a self-absorbed free spirit whom men go wild for. They fall for each other instantly near the beginning of the film, then spend the rest of the movie trying to work out their very complex and complicated relationship, especially after her mother (Stockard Channing) moves in to their small apartment to live with them. With echoes of such classic Allen fare as ANNIE HALL, ANYTHING ELSE is a lighthearted look at young love in the Big Apple. Allen himself stars as David Dobel, an older comedy writer who mentors Jerry, often on walks through Central Park, but it seems that Dobel has a bit of an anger management problem. Once again, New York City is virtually a character unto itself, as Allen includes scenes in such Gotham places as the Village Vanguard jazz club, Isabella's restaurant, Roosevelt Island, Sheepshead Bay, and the Quad Cinema. Good supporting work is turned in by Danny DeVito as Falk's manager. The soundtrack includes songs by Billie Holiday, Ravi Shankar, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, Moby, and Diana Krall, who appears in the film. [More]

Starring: Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito

Starring: Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Woody Allen, Fisher Stevens, Adrian Grenier, Diana Krall

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Letty Aronson
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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In order to be a classic Woody Allen movie, Anything Else needs something else - more engaging drama or more comedy, either would work. As it is, it's still not bad.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/19/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Sealing himself in bitterness, Allen treats his audience like parasites.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
09/19/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Though hardly vintage Allen, this madcap comedy hits its marks far more often than it misses

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
09/19/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Woody Allen's standard tale of love and neurosis in Manhattan may have new faces in the cast, but it's the same old story.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
09/19/03
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Allen just does what he does, and he does it very well.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
09/18/03
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

If you had any lingering doubts that Woody Allen is a sinister man bent on world domination, this should whisk them away.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
09/18/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

If life is truly like “anything else” as a wise cab driver says in the movie, then surely there has to be more to life than sitting through another disappointing Woody Allen vehicle.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/18/03
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

At least for his fans, there's plenty of Allen-schtick to enjoy.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
09/18/03
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Woody's back! ... [and] in his finest form.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
09/18/03
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Flimsy and forgettable.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
09/18/03
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

This desperate, R-rated variation on Annie Hall brings to mind nothing so much as a train on a liberally greased track.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
09/18/03
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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Allen's old-school humor can be refreshing in this era of the-grosser-the-better. The problem is that, at least in Anything Else, it often isn't funny.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
09/18/03
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It feels oddly long for a Woody Allen picture, but its relaxed, casual air gives the humor room to breathe, and a gratifyingly high proportion of the piled-up one-liners actually raise a laugh.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
09/18/03
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Modestly conceived and affably low-key.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/18/03
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times

The most rebelliously, subtly and subversively creative Woody Allen has been since Sleeper.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/18/03
Jon Lap
Jon Lap
Apollo Guide

Uneven yet often hilarious.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
09/18/03
Erich Scholz
Erich Scholz
Citysearch

The movie only comes alive as a hostile critique of psychoanalysis.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/18/03
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Anything Else should return Woody Allen to moviegoers' good graces.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
09/18/03
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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Woody Allen's best movie in years.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
09/18/03
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Although Ricci holds up her side of the story, Biggs doesn't quite have the screen presence to pull off the other role.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
09/18/03
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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