Anything Else

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Original title: Anything Else
Year: 2003
Running time: 108 min.
Country: United States
Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Music: Varios
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Cast: Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Kadee Strickland
Producer: DreamWorks SKG, Gravier Productions
Genre: Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy
Synopsis: Young, aspiring writer Jerry Falk theoretically has his whole life before him. But he’s been attending psychoanalysis for some time, his career is going nowhere and his girlfriend no longer feels sexually attracted to him. David Dobel, an older professional colleague, becomes his mentor, trying to help him with his problems, but his advice is a touch on the radical side.

Critics' reviews

"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"

David Stratton: Variety
"The movie avoids the usual pitfalls of comedies about young romance and gets jolts from the supporting work by Channing and DeVito. And Allen is inimitable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Rather than take a candid look at the relationships of today’s youth, 'Anything Else' simply dresses its young stars up like over-the-hill geeks and stuffs their mouths with ten-dollar words (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Sal Cinquemani: Slant
"The saddest thing about Woody Allen's effort to retool his brand of romantic comedy for the youth market isn't the absence of laughs—it's the bitterness that cuts through everything"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"'Anything Else,' while no great bargain, is funny enough that your own dollars will not be wasted."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"There are some great one-liners. How could it be otherwise? But everything looks dated, adrift and obsolete"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"It's a Woody Allen film and so, of course, is interesting viewing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Nick Dawson: Empire

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