Memorable, crazy movie

Good idea lost in the noise

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Neil (Simon Pegg) is a teacher who dreams about his neighbor (Kate Beckinsale) and loves his dog (Robin Williams). When the film combines STAR TREK 1 and BRUCE ALMIGHTY, aliens give Neil absolute power as a test for the survival of all of mankind.The film has potential and it had its moments. The absolute powers follow precise speech with no regard to consequences. I kept waiting for the film to get better and have the big laugh. It didn't happen. The high point was using the cast of Monty Python as the voices for aliens.Guide: A couple of F-bombs. Brief nude female torso

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.

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.

Absolutely Anything is a good movie with a well written plot and a top notch comedic cast. It is a very inventive, imaginative story as we see Neil, played by the hilarious Simon Pegg, as he is given the power by a group of aliens to have anything he wants come through. Pegg is joined by the late great Robin Williams as his dog Dennis, who is the highlight for me as Williams speaks in a way that we would all imagine dogs must think. As well as that, Kate Beckinsale shines as his love interest, Rob Riggle is a hilarious antagonist and the Monty Python crew are terrific as the intergalactic aliens. I did feel, on the other hand, that it does not entirely deliver on its potential, it is given a plot line that gives the writers free reign to write anything, and yet it still manages to feel restricted. Terry Jones had apparently been developing this story for over twenty years, but it somehow managed to feel very thrown together. I think the biggest mistake this movie makes is having Neil tell people about his powers. Something that they should have learned from the movie that is most similar to this one, Bruce Almighty, is that it is more fun for an audience if we are the only people that know about this massive secret the main character is hiding, as soon as he tells his friend Ray, I feel instantly less connected to the story. While it is certainly flawed, Absolutely Anything is still great fun, worth the watch if you are looking for a good comedy, just do not go out of your way to see it, check it out on Netflix. A man is bestowed with the powers to do whatever his heart desires, what he does not know is that he is being tested by alien forces to see if he uses the powers for good. Best Performance: Simon Pegg