Anything Else Movie Review 2003

With his last few outings, Allen has shown that he's a shadow of his former creative self, so he's logically picked Biggs to play a shadow of his former self. Biggs doesn't seem comfortable in his role as a neurotic psychoanalyst-dependent joke-writer trying to break up with the quirky, torturing girlfriend (Ricci) he's smitten with. The Woodman shows up as his alter-ego's paranoid, mean-spirited mentor and confidant. Flick is so short on new ideas that the young couple can only agree on their love of Bogie and old jazz records. Ricci spends most of the film walking around her apartment in her underwear, which isn't bad if you can keep the image of Allen leering just off-camera out of your head. If you insist on a Woody Allen movie, make it almost anything else but this mess.

Distribution

DreamWorks SKG, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201, Phone: (818)695-5000, Fax: (818)695-7775, URL: http://www.dreamworks.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 108 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, New York, New York, Writers

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Cast

Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Erica Leerhsen, David Conrad, KaDee Strickland, Adrian Grenier

Cinematography

Darius Khondji

Director

Woody Allen

Other

Gary Alper, Alisa Lepselter, Tom Warren, Laura Jean Shannon, Santo Loquasto

Producer

Letty Aronson, Gravier Productions, Perdido, Dreamworks Pictures