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{{Short description|2003 film by Woody Allen}}
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|director = ] | director = ]
|writer = Woody Allen | writer = Woody Allen
| producer = ]
|starring = ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]
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* Woody Allen
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* ]
|editing = ]
* ]
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* ]
|budget = ~ US$18,000,00
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|released = August 27, 2003
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|runtime = 108 min.
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|language = English
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'''''Anything Else''''' is a 2003 ] film. The film was written and directed by ], produced by his sister ], and stars ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
* Perdido Productions

* Gravier Productions
''Anything Else'' was the opening-night selection at the 60th annual ].
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| released = {{Film date|2003|08|27|]|2003|09|19|United States}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $18 million<ref>{{cite web |title= Anything Else (2003) – Financial Information |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Anything-Else#tab=summary |website= ] |access-date= 2020-05-10 |archive-date= 2019-10-17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191017162239/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Anything-Else#tab=summary |url-status= live}}</ref>
| gross = $13.6 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0313792/ |title=Anything Else (2003) |website=] |access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>
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'''''Anything Else''''' is a 2003 American ] film written and directed by ], produced by ], and starring Allen, ], ], ], ], and ]. The film premiered as the opening night selection of the ]. It was released theatrically in the United States on September 19, 2003, to mixed reviews.


==Plot== ==Plot==
Jerry Falk (Biggs) is an aspiring writer living in ] who falls in love at first sight with Amanda (Ricci) and dumps his girlfriend to be with her. Seeking advice, Jerry turns to an aging struggling artist (Allen) who acts as his ] &mdash; and that includes trying to help sort out Jerry's romantic life. Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer living in New York City, has a girlfriend, Brooke. He falls in love with Amanda and has an affair with her. Brooke learns of Jerry's infidelity and leaves him, while Amanda leaves her own boyfriend for Jerry. Jerry turns to aging, struggling artist David Dobel, who acts as his mentor, which includes trying to help sort out Jerry's romantic life. Dobel says that when he told a cab driver of all his anxieties and phobias in life, the cab driver told him, "It's like anything else".


Dobel tries to convince Jerry that his manager is only holding him back and his relationship with Amanda is the most destructive force in his life. Amanda continuously cheats on Jerry. Amanda leaves and then comes back. Jerry's neuroses start to worsen. Eventually, Jerry leaves town as Dobel gets him a job writing for television in California. Amanda has an affair with the doctor who was treating her and runs off with him. He sees them together laughing as she once did with him as the cab is taking him towards the airport. Jerry talks to the cabbie of love and relationships. The cabbie simply replies, "It's like anything else".
==Casting==
*]... Jerry Falk
*]... Amanda Chase
*]... David Dobel
*]... Paula Chase
*]... Harvey Wexler
*]... Bob
*]... Brooke
*]... Connie
*]... Ray Polito
*]... Dr. Phil Reed


==Cast==
==Critical reception==
{{Cast listing|
The film received generally poor reviews from critics. The review aggregator ] reported that the film received 40 percent positive reviews, based on 129 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anything_else/ |title=Anything Else - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-02-13 |publisher=]}}</ref> ] reported the film had an average score of 43 out of 100, based on 37 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/anythingelse |title=Anything Else (2003): Reviews |accessdate=2008-02-13 |publisher=]}}</ref> ], in his movie and video guide, gave the film a "BOMB" rating, and called it "Allen's all-time worst". In August 2009, it was cited by ] as one of his favorite 20 films since 1992.<ref>http://www.examiner.com/x-12963-Lexington-Suspense-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Quentin-Tarantinos-top-20-movies-since-hes-been-a-filmmaker</ref>
* ] as David Dobel
* ] as Jerry Falk
* ] as Amanda Chase
* ] as Harvey Wexler
* ] as Paula Chase
* ] as Bob Stiles
* ] as Brooke
* ] as Connie
* ] as Phil Reed
* ] as Ray Polito
* ] as manager
* ] as herself
}}


==Marketing== ==Reception==
On the ] website ], the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on reviews from 136 critics, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Too many elements from better Woody Allen films are being recycled here."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anything_else |title= Anything Else |website= ] |access-date= December 11, 2023}}</ref> ], which uses a ], assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/anything-else |title= Anything Else |website= ] |access-date= April 2, 2020}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by ] gave the film a grade C− on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Anything Else (2003) C− |work= ] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20}}</ref>
] launched a $10 million marketing campaign for the movie that was centered on the appeal of Biggs and Ricci to attract a teenage audience to the film. Trailers, TV ads and posters for the film seemed to hide the fact that the film was written and directed by Allen, perhaps due to his last few films being underperformers at the box office. ] noted in his review of the film that "It's as if they have the treasure of a Woody Allen movie and they're trying to package it for the '']'' crowd."<ref> {{cite web | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030919/REVIEWS/309190301/1023 | last= Ebert | first= Roger | title= ''Anything Else'' review | publisher= Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> The film was a flop stateside, opening at #12 its opening weekend and grossing only $3.2 million. As always for Allen's films, it performed better overseas, grossing $10.3 million, but could not make back its $18 million shooting budget or the $10 million ] spent marketing the film.


] of the '']'' gave the film three stars out of four, and wrote: "At a time when so many American movies keep dialogue at a minimum so they can play better overseas, what a delight to listen to smart people whose conversation is like a kind of comic music."<ref>{{cite news |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Anything Else movie review & film summary (2003) |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anything-else-2003 |newspaper= ] |date= September 19, 2003 |access-date= 2020-05-10 |via= ] |archive-date= 2020-06-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200607155712/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anything-else-2003 |url-status= live}}</ref>
==Filming==
James Berardinelli of ''ReelViews'' wrote: "''Anything Else'' may not be the second coming of '']'', but it has more wit and substance than almost every post-college romance that sees the inside of a projection booth".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/a/anything_else.html |title=Review: Anything else |website=ReelViews |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030921063111/http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/a/anything_else.html |archive-date=21 September 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
''Anything Else'' is only the second Allen film to be shot in ] format, the first being '']''. It also has the honor of being the first film released with all prints having cyan optical soundtracks (the new standard for analog sound on film prints).
David Stratton of '']'' wrote: "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."<ref>{{cite magazine |date= 28 August 2003 |last= Stratton |first= David |title= Anything Else |url= https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/anything-else-1200539758/ |magazine= ] |access-date= 10 May 2020 |archive-date= 28 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170628215031/http://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/anything-else-1200539758/ |url-status= live}}</ref>


Mike Clark of '']'' was critical of the characterizations, the music, the length ("brutally overlong"), but praised the actors for their performances: "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." Clark also says the film "sounds as if it ought to be funny, but like so much else here, intent and execution keep missing each other." and complains that the misery of the story is not tempered by sufficient laughs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allen's 'Anything Else' is a test of patience |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-09-18-anything-else_x.htm |newspaper=] |access-date=2020-05-10 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927234323/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-09-18-anything-else_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
When he cast him and during most of the shoot, Allen was under the impression that Biggs was ]. Allen was surprised to discover that he is in fact ].

In August 2009, it was cited by ] as one of his favorite 20 films since 1992, when his career as a filmmaker began.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://movieline.com/2009/08/17/quentin-tarantino-deems-forgotten-jason-biggs-movie-one-of-the-best-films-of-all-time/ |title= Quentin Tarantino: Forgotten Jason Biggs Movie is One of the Best Films of All Time |access-date= January 7, 2013 |website= ] |date= 17 August 2009 |archive-date= May 15, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130515103617/http://movieline.com/2009/08/17/quentin-tarantino-deems-forgotten-jason-biggs-movie-one-of-the-best-films-of-all-time/ |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= August 17, 2009 |last= Brown |first= Lane |title= Team America, Anything Else Among the Best Movies of the Past Seventeen Years, Claims Quentin Tarantino |url= https://www.vulture.com/2009/08/speed_and_team_america_among_q.html |website= ] |access-date= May 10, 2020 |url-access= limited |archive-date= February 13, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130213073053/http://www.vulture.com/2009/08/speed_and_team_america_among_q.html |url-status= live}}</ref>

], in his ''TV, Movie, & Video Guide'', gave the film a "BOMB" rating (the only Allen-directed film ever to receive this citation), and called it "a rare misfire for Woody, but still a big one".<ref>{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|date=2009|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780451227645|url-access=registration|isbn=978-1-101-10660-0|publisher=Signet Books|location=New York City}}</ref>
In 2016, film critics ] and Tim Robey of '']'' ranked ''Anything Else'' as one of the worst movies by Woody Allen.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Robbie|last1=Collin|author-link=Robbie Collin|first2=Tim|last2=Robey|title=All 47 Woody Allen movies – ranked from worst to best|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/woody-allens-best-and-worst-movies/|access-date=February 12, 2017|newspaper=]|date=October 12, 2016|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118143535/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/woody-allens-best-and-worst-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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* "Easy to Love" - Written by ] - Performed by ] with ] & his Orchestra
* "Gat I" - Written and performed by ]
* "It Could Happen to You" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by ]
* "Gone with the Wind" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by ]
* "]" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra
* "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra
* "Honeysuckle Rose" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by Teddy Wilson
* "I Can't Get Started" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by ]
* "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by Moby
* "There'll Be Another Spring" - Written by ] & Hubie Wheeler - Performed by ]
* "There Will Never Be Another You" - Written by ] & ] - Performed by ]<ref>{{cite book |last= Harvey |first= Adam|year= 2007|title= The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969–2005|location= Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher= ] |page=26 |isbn=9780786429684}}</ref>
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==References== ==References==
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2003 film by Woody Allen

Anything Else
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWoody Allen
Written byWoody Allen
Produced byLetty Aronson
Starring
CinematographyDarius Khondji
Edited byAlisa Lepselter
Production
companies
  • Perdido Productions
  • Gravier Productions
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures
Release dates
  • August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27) (Venice)
  • September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19) (United States)
Running time108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$13.6 million

Anything Else is a 2003 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, produced by Letty Aronson, and starring Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, and Christina Ricci. The film premiered as the opening night selection of the 60th Venice International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the United States on September 19, 2003, to mixed reviews.

Plot

Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer living in New York City, has a girlfriend, Brooke. He falls in love with Amanda and has an affair with her. Brooke learns of Jerry's infidelity and leaves him, while Amanda leaves her own boyfriend for Jerry. Jerry turns to aging, struggling artist David Dobel, who acts as his mentor, which includes trying to help sort out Jerry's romantic life. Dobel says that when he told a cab driver of all his anxieties and phobias in life, the cab driver told him, "It's like anything else".

Dobel tries to convince Jerry that his manager is only holding him back and his relationship with Amanda is the most destructive force in his life. Amanda continuously cheats on Jerry. Amanda leaves and then comes back. Jerry's neuroses start to worsen. Eventually, Jerry leaves town as Dobel gets him a job writing for television in California. Amanda has an affair with the doctor who was treating her and runs off with him. He sees them together laughing as she once did with him as the cab is taking him towards the airport. Jerry talks to the cabbie of love and relationships. The cabbie simply replies, "It's like anything else".

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on reviews from 136 critics, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Too many elements from better Woody Allen films are being recycled here." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade C− on scale of A to F.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four, and wrote: "At a time when so many American movies keep dialogue at a minimum so they can play better overseas, what a delight to listen to smart people whose conversation is like a kind of comic music." James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote: "Anything Else may not be the second coming of Annie Hall, but it has more wit and substance than almost every post-college romance that sees the inside of a projection booth". David Stratton of Variety wrote: "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."

Mike Clark of USA Today was critical of the characterizations, the music, the length ("brutally overlong"), but praised the actors for their performances: "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." Clark also says the film "sounds as if it ought to be funny, but like so much else here, intent and execution keep missing each other." and complains that the misery of the story is not tempered by sufficient laughs.

In August 2009, it was cited by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favorite 20 films since 1992, when his career as a filmmaker began.

Leonard Maltin, in his TV, Movie, & Video Guide, gave the film a "BOMB" rating (the only Allen-directed film ever to receive this citation), and called it "a rare misfire for Woody, but still a big one". In 2016, film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph ranked Anything Else as one of the worst movies by Woody Allen.

Soundtrack

References

  1. "Anything Else (2003) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. "Anything Else (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  3. "Anything Else". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  4. "Anything Else". Metacritic. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  5. "Anything Else (2003) C−". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
  6. Ebert, Roger (September 19, 2003). "Anything Else movie review & film summary (2003)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via RogerEbert.com.
  7. "Review: Anything else". ReelViews. Archived from the original on September 21, 2003. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  8. Stratton, David (August 28, 2003). "Anything Else". Variety. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  9. "Allen's 'Anything Else' is a test of patience". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  10. "Quentin Tarantino: Forgotten Jason Biggs Movie is One of the Best Films of All Time". Movieline. August 17, 2009. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  11. Brown, Lane (August 17, 2009). "Team America, Anything Else Among the Best Movies of the Past Seventeen Years, Claims Quentin Tarantino". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  12. Maltin, Leonard (2009). Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. New York City: Signet Books. ISBN 978-1-101-10660-0.
  13. Collin, Robbie; Robey, Tim (October 12, 2016). "All 47 Woody Allen movies – ranked from worst to best". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  14. Harvey, Adam (2007). The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969–2005. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 26. ISBN 9780786429684.

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