2003
R
DreamWorks Distribution
1 h 48 m

2003
R
DreamWorks Distribution
1 h 48 m

Summary Woody Allen's new romantic comedy is a lesson in the reality that loves at first sight isn't always 20/20. Jerry Falk (Biggs) learns that lesson the hard way when he falls head over heels in love with the beautiful but flighty Amanda (Ricci). (DreamWorks Pictures)

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

2003
R
DreamWorks Distribution
1 h 48 m

2003
R
DreamWorks Distribution
1 h 48 m

Anything Else

Name: Anything Else
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2003-09-19
Duration: 1 min 48 s
Rating: 43
Cast: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito, Fisher Stevens

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 37 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings

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Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

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Mixed or Average Based on 37 Critic Reviews

24% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 37 Critic Reviews

24% Positive
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Chicago Tribune

Has some of the wit, sass and sexual candor of an "Annie Hall." But it covers the same kind of territory with more bite and bile.

By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Small-scale and loose. It feels oddly long for a Woody Allen picture, but its relaxed, casual air gives the humor room to breathe, and a gratifyingly high proportion of the piled-up one-liners actually raise a laugh.

By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

A bittersweet experience. It leaves you asking for more, even knowing that nothing more is forthcoming.

By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW

USA Today

It's asking a lot of audiences to spend nearly two hours with characters as screen-unfriendly as the ones played by Biggs and Ricci, though both actors (and especially Ricci) do what they're asked to do.

By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW

L.A. Weekly

Meant as a return to the form and substance of Allen's far superior early work satirizing the equivocations and betrayals with which we ruin our lives. In fact, the movie only comes alive as a hostile critique of psychoanalysis.

By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW

Chicago Reader

The film's hatred of Ricci and Channing and its affectionate tolerance of the hero's mousy hypocrisy and his mentor's negativity are familiar Allen motifs, but the faint echoes of his best work only make this one seem grimmer.

By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Too labored to be romantic and too derivative to be funny.

By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dreamworks Pictures, Gravier Productions, Canal+, Granada Film Productions, Perdido Productions

Release Date Sep 19, 2003

Duration 1 h 48 m

Rating R

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Tagline It's tricky to be normal...when everybody around you is abnormal.

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Woody Allen

David Dobel

Jason Biggs

Jerry Falk

Christina Ricci

Amanda

Danny DeVito

Harvey Wexler

Fisher Stevens

Manager

Anthony Arkin

Pip's Comic

KaDee Strickland

Brooke

Jimmy Fallon

Bob Stiles

Diana Krall

Diana Krall

William Hill

Psychiatrist

Stockard Channing

Paula Chase

Maurice Sonnenberg

Movie Theater Patron

Kenneth Edelson

Hotel Desk Clerk

David Conrad

Dr. Phil Reed

Joseph Lyle Taylor

Bill

Erica Leerhsen

Connie

Adrian Grenier

Ray Polito

Anthony J. Ribustello

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Ray Garvey

Car Thug #2

Wynter Kullman

Emily

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