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Actor: Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito, David Conrad, Jason Biggs, Stockard ChanningBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
Published: 2003-12-01
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Movie Reviews of Anything Else
Movie Review: Excellent. Christina Ricci Shines.
Summary: 5 Stars
Thought I'd write a positive review for a change. Unfortunately a lot of negative reviews have brought this film's ratings down. That shouldn't come as a surprise considering the apparent lack of aesthetic, taste and judgment of people. What did come as a surprise is that all these negative reviews get a collective rating from users that is close to 20/500. That's an aside to this review but amazon had better find a way to incorporate how people rate reviews to their overall product score. You cant get say two one star reviews with 0/10 ratings each, i.e. no one considers them helpful or accurate, and still get the product rated as one star.
The only sore thumb of this movie is Jason Biggs, the guy can't act. Woody wanted an actor appealing to the younger audiences and Biggs was suggested to him. Allen hadn't even watched american pie before casting him. Biggs ends up mirroring Woody in terms of acting, which is not a big thing, since even established actors tend to that when casted in his films (Ken Branagh amongst a lot of others), but his mimicking of Woody is so cut and dry, and with absolutely no flair at all. Thankfully his wooden performance doesn't detract this much from what is an absolute joy of a film to watch. I don't think I can find enough to say about Christinna Ricci, she's so wonderfully talented, and even in her lesser parts or in her lesser performances she always brings something to the role she's playing. And in this one she's got a very good script in her hands playing the self absorbed, shallow and a little psychotic but nevertheless adorable kitten girlfriend. She delivers such a nuanced performance, it's impossible to think anyone in Hollywood could have done a better job. Everything from her body movements, to her grimaces, to the slight tonal changes in her voice is pitch perfect. Danny DeVito an Stockhard Channing bring a lot to their roles too, elevating the script even more. And there's of course Woody, who's in top form here, with his neurosis and his one liners.
This for me was the real return to form for Woody, to comedic form that is, because nothing here is akin to his social-relationship commentary in the eighties and nineties, after a few decent but forgettable films. In here you can find and find a very heart warming and serious plot underneath the comedy, a lot of great scenes, very funny ones, and Woody never goes overboard with the jokes or his personal monologues. Of course it didn't do well with the under 25 in the U.S. due to their mental and cultural impairment but that was to be expected, despite dreamwork's huge marketing backing that went behind it, surpassing by far any of Allen's films before or since. I won't go into any more detail as a lot of people have commented before and I stand almost 100% by what these 5 star reviewers have said, so there's no need to get superfluous. This is a wonderful, sensitive and funny film by one of the master actors/writers/directors who's still gracing us with his work. Enjoy.
Summary of Anything Else
A contemporary romantic comedy set in new york city about the relationship between an older guy and his younger protege. The older guy guides the younger through a messy and hilarious love story. In any relationship one person always does the heavy lifting. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Starring: Jason Biggs Christina Ricci Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R Director: Woody AllenChristina Ricci invigorates an even-more-neurotic-than-usual variation on the classic neurotic woman in this Woody Allen movie. Comedy writer Jerry Falk (Jason Biggs, American Pie) is madly in love with Amanda (Ricci, The Opposite of Sex), even though they haven't had sex in six months. Falk meets an older writer named Dobel (Allen) who becomes a sort of accidental mentor, encouraging him to break free of Amanda and his clinging agent (Danny DeVito). The pace is sluggish, almost every scene feels like an outtake from an earlier, better Woody Allen movie (particularly Annie Hall), Biggs never seems comfortable with his dialogue--only Ricci makes her character her own, giving her own perverse comic spin to the proceedings. About three-fourths of the way through the movie, the story starts to feel fresher and more compelling, but by then it's too late. Also featuring Jimmy Fallon and Stockard Channing. --Bret Fetzer
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