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Absolutely Anything

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Some eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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Given the impressive array of talent involved in Absolutely Anything -- and the near-total lack of laughs it provokes -- this Monty Python reunion can only be regarded as a disappointment.

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Nick Allen RogerEbert.com Treat-sized food-for-thought from a wonderfully silly director. Rated: 3/4 May 12, 2017 Full Review Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter Absolutely Anything is a good idea but is executed poorly, with a lame take-home message about great power demanding great responsibility. May 8, 2017 Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) The redeeming factor is the sheer, unabashed silliness. Rated: 3/5 May 8, 2017 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Absolutely Anything may be a bad movie, but I laughed a lot, and really, that's what Jones and company set out to accomplish. Rated: 3/4 Apr 4, 2022 Full Review Phil W. Bayles One Room With A View Eric Idle always tells us to look on the bright side, but it's hard to see a bright side to this depressingly unfunny movie. See absolutely anything else. Rated: 2/5 May 4, 2019 Full Review Matthew Bond The Mail on Sunday (UK) Jones's cult status ensures a decent cast but the execution is messy, short of laughs and tiresome. Rated: 1/5 Oct 30, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Carlos S If they had toned down the stupidity in the script a notch, they could have had a great film. Instead, this is what we got. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/11/24 Full Review T W If you're bored it's worth a watch. WAY better than anything the networks have come up with in the last 5 years.; Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Audience Member Some funny moments and an interesting concept. But it felt a little unfinished and stale. Not great, but not terrible either. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review John C It’s hard not to like ‘Absolutely Anything’ – Simon Pegg, best known for his role as ‘Shaun’ in ‘Shaun of the Dead, Spaced’ and almost every other film where he’s played a slight variation of his usual loveable slacker alter-ego – plays, well, her a variation of his usual loveable slacker alter-ego. However, when he’s wandering around in London one day pining over his neighbour, Kate Beckinsale, he’s given the power to have anything and everything he wants by the cast of Monty Python (albeit computer-generated alien monstrous versions of themselves who live in a space ship and decide to test humanity in this way to see what happens – and whether to blow the entire planet up while they’re at it!). All Pegg has to do is wave his hand and his innermost desires come to fruition. He therefore fixes the entire world’s problems and everyone lives happily ever after. Okay, so that would make a pretty dull film. Everything goes about as swimmingly as you’d expect given a man who talks to his dog unlimited superpowers. You’ll notice I opened this review with the line ‘it’s hard not to LIKE Absolutely Anything.’ I didn’t use the word ‘LOVE.’ And the reason being that this is basically one of those films that you can have on in the background and do other things and not really miss that much. It’s definitely not bad. It’s just not a ‘classic’ comedy. Yes, the appearance of the (remaining) Monty Python boys is always welcome. Even their beautifully-weird alien incarnations are as madcap as their geriatric human selves. And it’s great to see them all together on screen again. In some ways... the film could just be about them and would be even better! Pegg plays Pegg. Kate Beckinsale plays ‘generic love interest #56’ and there’s an array of characters who you’ll sort of recognise from other things, but not really know where. The only real stand-out character (besides the CGI pythons) is the dog. The reason being because one of Pegg’s wishes is that his pet can talk. And talk her does. For he’s voiced by none other than the (sadly) late, great Robin Williams and, yes, he’s definitely on a par with the Pythons when it comes to enjoyable screen time. If you’re looking for a fun little comedy to pass the time then this would fit the bill. It’s a nice enough film which doesn’t really try to be anything too amazing and should appeal to pretty much everyone. Once you know the premise then you’ll probably predict every last plot point that’s to come. However, I certainly couldn’t bring myself to hate it and will definitely re-watch it again in a couple of years. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/24 Full Review Audience Member The premise is whether a random human is 'good or evil', and obviously created by atheist progressives ... so about as cognitively dissonant as you'd expect. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review Ted B Really really twee. No idea how it was free to watch and yet I feel ripped off. Everything was poorly executed, as a kids movie, it might be alright I guess. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Some eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Director
Terry Jones
Producer
Bill Jones, Ben Timlett
Screenwriter
Terry Jones, Gavin Scott
Distributor
Atlas Distribution Company
Production Co
Media Pro Two, GFM films, Bill and Ben Productions, Premiere Picture, Media Pro One, Media Pro Four
Rating
R (Language|Brief Nudity|Sexual References)
Genre
Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 12, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 27, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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