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Anything but Love

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Anything but Love

PG-13

Released Nov 14, 2003

1h 42m

Musical

Romance

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Like many romantics, Billie Golden (Isabel Rose) yearns for the glamorous days of classic Hollywood musicals. She daydreams about being a great singer, but in reality she works as a waitress and sings at a seedy airport cocktail lounge. Her love life, however, is the stuff of movie melodrama: She must decide between dashing lawyer Greg Ellenbogen (Cameron Bancroft), who dismisses her aspirations, and Elliot (Andrew McCarthy), a hip piano player who is more supportive of her singing.

Sheila Norman-Culp

Associated Press

It's downright radical for filmmakers to drop the edgy, been-there sarcasm that infuses many independent films for a full-blown swan dive into fantasy. It would be even better if the fantasy had worked.

Jan 23, 2019

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

An appealing, low-budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie, whose pluck and talent are tonic -- if as shopworn as her thrift-store threads.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 11, 2003

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

Ends up little more than a vanity piece for Rose and an exercise in style over substance for Cary.

Dec 4, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

Without the bawdiness and irony of the Doris Day tribute Down With Love, Anything but Love will also bring to mind the comedies of Judy Holliday.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 9, 2004

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

Obvious, but sweet-tempered and lovingly put together enough to generally trump such shortcomings. For fans of breezy, feel-good fare only.

Rated: C+

Jan 9, 2004

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This is the very definition of a so-so film. Nothing horrible, but also nothing spectacular.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Don't watch this movie. Seriously. Its a waste of 99 minutes of your life! This is one of the worst acted/directed/produced "movies" ... though I hesitate to call it that.... I have ever seen. To even compare it to classic movies from the '50s is blasphemous. This is simiply pure, unadulterated crap.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Can't believe this movie didn't get picked up. I saw it in Vic Film Fest in 2003 and loved it. A beautiful movie starring Isabel Rose and ... Andrew McCarthy who is like wine - he improves with age. Anyone who loves old Hollywood Movies will get a thrill from this original flick. Cameo by Eartha Kitt!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Anything But Love is a rather lame romantic comedy that tries to be unique but instead falls into almost every romantic comedy cliche trap that you can think of. The plot involves a young girl trying to make it as a cabaret singer in modern day New York. The girl comes from a working class family and sings in a cheesy airport hotel lounge but dreams of making it big. The film mixes romance (your typically love triangle plot) with retro 1950s technocolor musical numbers with little effect. Visually its kind of an interesting movie and you can respect a director that is trying to do something different with the genre but in the end the film just didn't work for me.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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[font=Times New Roman]______________________________________________________________ ** 1/2 ANYTHING BUT LOVE - a cabaret singer (ISABEL ROSE) daydreams that she is in a technicolor musical from the 1950's while trying to find love and live her dream as a singer. It has a few laughs, in a saccharine sort of way, but it would help your enjoyment of this movie if you absolutely love old movie musicals or if you're over 60. With Andrew McCarthey. _______________________________________________________________ [/font]

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Like many romantics, Billie Golden (Isabel Rose) yearns for the glamorous days of classic Hollywood musicals. She daydreams about being a great singer, but in reality she works as a waitress and sings at a seedy airport cocktail lounge. Her love life, however, is the stuff of movie melodrama: She must decide between dashing lawyer Greg Ellenbogen (Cameron Bancroft), who dismisses her aspirations, and Elliot (Andrew McCarthy), a hip piano player who is more supportive of her singing.

Director: Robert Cary
Producer: Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins
Screenwriter: Isabel Rose, Robert Cary
Distributor: IDP Distribution
Production Co: Intrinsic Value Films
Rating: PG-13 (Innuendo|Language)
Genre: Musical, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.8K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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