Anything Else (2003) USA
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Director:Woody Allen
Studio:Dreamworks Video
Producer:Jerry Weintraub, Letty Aronson
Writer:Woody Allen
Rating:3
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:B00005JMON
UPC:0678149085228
Price:$12.99
Genre:Opposites Attract
Release:2003-12-22
IMDb:0313792
Duration:109
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Features:Anamorphic
Woody Allen  ...  (Director)
Woody Allen  ...  (Writer)
 
Jason Biggs  ...  Jerry Falk
Danny DeVito  ...  Harvey
Christina Ricci  ...  Amanda
Woody Allen  ...  David Dobel
Stockard Channing  ...  Paula
KaDee Strickland  ...  Brooke
Jimmy Fallon  ...  Bob
Fisher Stevens  ...  Manager
Anthony Arkin  ...  Pip's Comic
Diana Krall  ...  Herself
William Hill  ...  Psychiatrist
Maurice Sonnenberg  ...  Movie Theater Patron
Kenneth Edelson  ...  Hotel Desk Clerk
David Conrad  ...  Dr. Reed
Joseph Lyle Taylor  ...  Bill
Comments: In any relationship, one person always does the heavy lifting

Summary: Christina Ricci invigorates an even-more-neurotic-than-usual variation on the classic neurotic woman in this Woody Allen movie. Comedy writer Jerry Falk (Jason Biggs, American Pie) is madly in love with Amanda (Ricci, The Opposite of Sex), even though they haven't had sex in six months. Falk meets an older writer named Dobel (Allen) who becomes a sort of accidental mentor, encouraging him to break free of Amanda and his clinging agent (Danny DeVito). The pace is sluggish, almost every scene feels like an outtake from an earlier, better Woody Allen movie (particularly Annie Hall), Biggs never seems comfortable with his dialogue--only Ricci makes her character her own, giving her own perverse comic spin to the proceedings. About three-fourths of the way through the movie, the story starts to feel fresher and more compelling, but by then it's too late. Also featuring Jimmy Fallon and Stockard Channing. --Bret Fetzer