thedrrjp Anyone who rated this less than a 5 has no sense of humor. I don't know what the heck they were expecting to see but whatever it was it was not ab out this funny flick.Simon Pegg, a British staple in comedic endeavors, is perfectly cast as the poor shlub who is given the power to have anything he wishes just by saying it and waving his hand. The kicker is that he only has the power for 24 hours and that his wishes don't go exactly as planned.The maxim, "Be careful what you wish for," could be the theme of this funny flick - especially if you are used to speaking literally. The power is granted to Pegg by a bunch of the weirdest assortment of aliens this side of the Bar Scene in Star Wars who travel from galaxy to galaxy looking for species worthy of joining their fraternity of planets.I liked this film so much that I watched it a second time with my daughter. You'll love it.

pkpera Indeed, the worst part of this is script. It seems just as a sloppy work. Could not fill 80 minutes (real duration) with decent jokes, good dialogs and sense. There were some funny moments here and there, but most of it seems forced, uninspired. Supposed to be some romance, love story, but only real love here was love between Neil and his dog. Too bad, because basic idea has great potential. Then, all those ideas what to change - writer just went in direction to make something funny, shocking. often lacking elementary logic. Probably best example was with unlimited food. 1 minute after Neil said it and waved, on TV was talk about very big average weight of people in China. Seriously ? The wishes have backward effect ? Then why he did not go in changing history ? Or, best question: why did not change self ?Only real good joke/point was with dog at the end.Acting: was overall fine, considering material. And I need to say, that I can imagine that some more famous actors/actresses refused to participate in this. There was too much F-word without real need. Most of characters acted on really low level considering language, social behavior, etc. Surely, comedy is not to be realistic, but there must be some level of it. Grant was completely over top with stupidity.And yet another movie where annihilation of humankind from some superior intelligence was considered. I find it very disappointing, that screenwriters take it rather than some theme about how to make self better. Maybe they failed in it, and take all others as such ? Ratings of main involved: Simon Pegg: 7 Kate Beckinsale: 6 - she pulled out what could from poor script Terry Jones as director: 6 Terry Jones and Gavin Scott as writers: 0 - hey, I can give here rating 0 ! Hurra me ! Mojo: 10

bowmanblue 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 lovable slacker alter-ego – plays, well, her a variation of his usual lovable 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.

kosmasp Which would be the German title of the movie translated back into English. The movie being a comedy might split people as much as the title changes in Germany are splitting people up, deciding if that's genius or just plain bad. This comedy works on different levels, one of them being the actors. Kate Beckinsale and Simon Pegg are a really good match and play perfectly off each other.You have to love the physical but also the not always perfect comedy coming from them, but also the rest of the cast (the adoring running joke, sometimes literally either does it for you, or you're annoyed by it, but you can't fault the movie for backing off of it). There are weird ideas and sometimes the movie goes a bit over the top, but that's what I really liked about it too. Great execution and comedy timing too