Absolutely Anything
Monty Python filmmaker Terry Jones (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) directs this sci-fi comedy about a group of aliens (voiced by fellow Pythons Terry Gilliam and John Cleese) who grant a human being the power to do absolutely anything – as a scientific experiment. Co-stars Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead), stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard and the voice of the late Robin Williams.
- Director:
- Terry Jones ('Monty Python and the Holy Grail', 'The Meaning of Life', 'Life of Brian')
- Writer:
- Terry JonesGavin Scott
- Cast:
- Kate BeckinsaleRobin WilliamsSimon PeggTerry GilliamEddie IzzardRob RiggleJohn CleeseJoanna Lumley
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksThere is only one thing worse than a bad film. That is a bad film that should have been a great film. Absolutely Anything has, like its premise, galactic comedic potential. It stars Simon Pegg, the hottest thing in British comedy right now, opposite the dazzling Kate Beckinsale. It features the voices of the living members of Monty Python. It enticed Eddie Izzard into a supporting role. And it is likely to go down in history as Robin Williams’ final cinema release. As the voice of a dog. In a dog… of a film.
Variety
pressDecades in the making, Monty Python vet Terry Jones' lame sci-fi satire squanders the contributions of top comic talents...
Total Film
pressPegg works wonders, but you'll wish the concept had been pushed further, that there was more to the Pythons' 'reunion'...
Time Out
pressAs the film itself states: 'The dog's not so bad. It's the people I can't stand'.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA flabby misfire full of labored slapstick, broad caricatures and groaningly absurd plot twists.
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksThere is only one thing worse than a bad film. That is a bad film that should have been a great film. Absolutely Anything has, like its premise, galactic comedic potential. It stars Simon Pegg, the hottest thing in British comedy right now, opposite the dazzling Kate Beckinsale. It features the voices of the living members of Monty Python. It enticed Eddie Izzard into a supporting role. And it is likely to go down in history as Robin Williams’ final cinema release. As the voice of a dog. In a dog… of a film.
Variety
pressDecades in the making, Monty Python vet Terry Jones' lame sci-fi satire squanders the contributions of top comic talents...
Total Film
pressPegg works wonders, but you'll wish the concept had been pushed further, that there was more to the Pythons' 'reunion'...
Time Out
pressAs the film itself states: 'The dog's not so bad. It's the people I can't stand'.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA flabby misfire full of labored slapstick, broad caricatures and groaningly absurd plot twists.
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