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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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Reviews for Anything Else
It's one of the best, most smoothly executed Woody Allen movies in recent years.
Biggs may have the comically compulsive anxiety thing down pat, but he just doesn't have the screen presence to make it compelling — especially when breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience.
With every recycled piece of business -- which is to say, every scene in Anything Else -- the distance widens between Allen and the elusive audience he pessimistically chases.
A satiric, sentimenatal and satisfying throwback to Allen's heyday of Annie Hall, Manhattan and Stardust Memories.
At 108 minutes, Anything Else is one of Allen’s longest and most disorganized films.
This effort can't really be called a success, but it does have several funny and charming moments.
This semi-autobiographical pic is not among Allen's best, but is worth your time for the gags that do work.
Because Allen hasn't lost his knack for slapstick with a sting, Anything Else hits its mark more often than not.
Surprisingly uneven for a filmmaker whose movies are generally tight, crisp productions.
There is nothing to set this work apart from any number of mediocre Allen films.
The younger casting brings a freshness to the material and, with Allen as the weird mentor, there are plenty of laughs, even if the pacing's slow and the running time over-extended.
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