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Anything Else [DVD] [2003]
enlarge	Director: Woody Allen Actors: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Christina Ricci, Danny De Vito Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £4.97 as of 24/11/2009 02:18 GMT details You Save: £8.02 (62%) New (3) Used (3) from £3.30 Seller: Amazon.co.uk Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 26026 Format: PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 108 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050070022131 ASIN: B0002VF58E Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Release Date: February 14, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks


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Customer Reviews: Almost as good as his earlier, funnier ones May 31, 2005 21 out of 23 found this review helpful Despite the fact that many of the best one-liners sound very similar to those in Annie Hall, this is undoubtedly Allen's best film for many years. The storyline is good, as is the acting, with Jason Biggs playing a role Allen would have excelled at a few years ago. Allen himself appears to be playing an alter-ego of himself; the angst-ridden, paranoid hypochondriac of his early films taken to new extremes. The cinematography is amazing, with the shots of New York equal to those in Manhattan and the scenes in Central Park as beautiful as A Midsummer Night's Sex comedy. Good to see the master back on form! Anything Else - a review August 20, 2005 J. D. Naylor (England) 9 out of 11 found this review helpful Not vintage Woody Allen but a pretty good one nevertheless.In this film Allen takes a supporting role only leaving Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci to carry the film which they do in fine form.I guess Biggs does try to parody Allen in a way but still manages to turn in a good performance though.There are all the usual Allen trademarks here including some great New York locations and even the lovely Diana Krall gets a cameo playing live at the village vanguard.brNot the best Allen by any means but still pretty darn good. Woody takes another funny and unflinching look at relationships June 29, 2007 Franklin T Marmoset 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This Anything Else was recommended to me by Ain't It Cool News talkbacker Spandau Belly, who assured me it was not as bad as its reputation suggested, so being a Woody fan I gave it a go and it turns out he was right. This is a good one. br / br /It's pretty familiar stuff - the titles, the jazz, Allen's nasal whine, and a story filled with neurotic New Yorkers obsessing over their relationship troubles. In this case, it's centred around likable doormat Jerry, who is unable to pry himself loose from his mercurial girlfiend, his inept manager, or his useless psychologist (is there any other kind?). What he does instead is have lots of funny conversations with his buddy Woody Allen, who gives Jerry all sorts of useful advice that he completely ignores. br / br /There's a peculiar osmosis that happens with the leading men in more recent Woody outings, with all of them taking on many of Woody's mannerisms. It's fun to watch, actually. 'Who will be this year's Woody?' you ask yourself. We've had John Cusack and Kenneth Branagh and Will Ferrell, and in this one it's Jason Biggs, a man best known for putting his little Jason Biggs into a pie. He's actually pretty good in this one - as likable as ever (even if you spend much of the film wanting to shake some sense into him) but with more of a mature edge to his character. No pies or crazy glue for Jason Biggs this time. br / br /Christini Ricci, who plays Jerry's girlfriend Amanda, is also very good. She's perfect and perfectly annoying, playing the kind of woman you love for her quirks and then can't stand for, well, her quirks. br / br /I liked this one quite a bit. It's a romance and a comedy, which I suppose makes it a romantic comedy, but it's done in that unique Woody style, meaning this takes a funny but unflinching look at relationships and is not all cheesy and idealised like Pretty Woman and the like. It's certainly not up there with Annie Hall or Manhattan, but fellow Woody fans would do well to give this one a chance. very funny throughout its duration November 10, 2007 dan the fan (england,uk) Woody Allen films are always funniest with Woody in them,as he is in Anything Else.Lots of really witty dialogue, good acting performances,and an involving but unmoving script - it won't make you cry but it will make you laugh. See Just About "Anything Else" By Allen First August 14, 2007 Sordel (United Kingdom) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful Amongst Woody Allen's later films there are those that are immediately attractive (Everyone Says I Love You, Manhattan, Husbands and Wives), those that are thorny but rewarding (Match Point, Crimes and Misdemeanours, Celebrity, Another Woman) and those that are total misfires. I'm a fan of Allen's, but this film falls into the final category. While the cover claims it as a "romantic comedy" it isn't especially romantic (being about a relationship that has effectively broken down) and - despite some heavy-handed comedy from Allen - isn't particularly funny either. br / br /Melinda Melinda isn't a great movie by any means, but at least it is technically interesting, which is an excuse that one cannot make for this rather bland narrative, which is directed efficiently but without much evident engagement. There are scenes that one might count as exceptions - a neat split screen on a telephone call that overpopulates an already crowded apartment, and an almost riotous scene in a restaurant during which Allen does some neat "business" with a glass of water - but they are few far between. Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci struggle to hold up the film in the interim, and Stockard Channing gives an unduly theatrical performance in a minor role. Danny DeVito extracts as much as comedy as possible playing a character whom Allen might easily have taken for himself, but the ensemble cast is certainly below par by the standard of the director's better work. br / br /If you simply must see every Allen film available, then feel free to give this one a shot; it isn't dire, but that's about the highest recommendation that I could give it. br /

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