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Movie Info

When tragedy shatters a Southern newlywed's plans for domestic bliss, she leaves her husband and begins a journey of self-discovery.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Paul Harrill
Producer:

Ashley Maynor
Writer:

Paul Harrill
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 28m

Cast & Crew

Ashley Shelton
Peggy , Margaret

Bryce Johnson
Mark

Linds Edwards
Tim

Amy Leigh Hubbard
Gina

Lauren Lazarus
Jill

Emily Soleil
Holly

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Critic Reviews for Something, Anything

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (1)

A delicate study of a young woman extricating herself from the trappings of an outwardly successful life, "Something, Anything" marks a quietly assured feature debut for writer-director Paul Harrill.

January 13, 2015 | Full Review…

Justin Chang
Variety
The kind of movie you feel protective of even as you are watching it. Its rhythms and inflections are so subtle, it almost comes as a surprise just how compelling they ultimately become.

January 9, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Michał Oleszczyk
RogerEbert.com
Modestly presented but emotionally ambitious - and with a lovely, low-key performance from Ms. Shelton - this immersive first feature gently reveals the void of an adulthood on autopilot.

January 8, 2015 | Full Review…

Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
A perspicacious examining of intimate moments, Paul Harrill's Something, Anything artfully circumnavigates narrative expectations in the manner of only the most thoughtful stories.

January 7, 2015 | Full Review…

Zachary Wigon
Village Voice
The film turns what at first seemingly appears as Kodak moments into a study of a soul in transition.

January 7, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Jaime N. Christley
Slant Magazine
Something, Anything doesn't really engage with issues of faith or materialism (unless you count canceling your cell phone as evidence), and the cringeworthy endgame sets up a hipster bar-band concert as false catharsis.

January 7, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out
Quiet piano music accompanies the beautiful, intimate cinematography, eliciting comparisons to Kieslowski's "Three Colors: Blue" in its affecting and melancholy portrayal of a woman walking through a season of grief.

October 24, 2019 | Full Review…

Joel Mayward
Cinemayward
Peppered with quiet intensity, Something, Anything navigates both social realism and the sublime with deftly mediated restraint.

June 14, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Cameron Ward
One Room With A View
Don't let the generic title fool you. Paul Harrill's Something, Anything gently tells its story through detailed specificity.

March 2, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Peter Labuza
The Film Stage
Harrill has made something quiet, observant, and quite contrary to the popular narrative of American love stories. ... It's poetic, profound, and often very beautiful.

February 21, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
An ambivalently presented portrait of someone not so much finding herself but subtracting everything from her life to see what she has left.

January 8, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Matt Prigge
Metro
Something, Anything is the rare film that gently asks the big questions, then gives us space, and room.

January 7, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Dessem
The Dissolve