Review of Absolutely Anything (2015) by Lovro H — 30 Aug 2015

I've been looking forward to seeing this movie ever since it was first announced! Directed by Terry Jones of Monty Python, there's the voices of the Monty Python team and Robin Williams. Simon Pegg's in it! I was very excited last night when I went to the movies to watch it! The movie was just as I expected it to be.

A very funny comedy with likeable and charming characters, hilarious situations they're put in and a story that could've been handled better, but it's also good just the way it is. The movie's about a man, Neil Clarke, who is randomly selected to be the carrier of the power to do absolutely anything in the world.

If he uses the power for good, the aliens won't destroy Earth, but if he uses it for bad purposes, then it gets blown up! The aliens are all voiced by the Monty Python team and they do a great job, although they're not given enough screen time and you could easily forget that they're even there.

Simon Pegg is great in this film just as he is in many of his other films. His character is very likeable and funny. Robin Williams as the voice of Dennis the dog was okay. At times it felt like he was overacting a bit, but that's just what dogs do.

I also have to mention Sanjeev Bhaskar who was really amusing as Roy. There are some truly hilarious scenes involving this character. The CGI was good, I'm thankful they didn't go for the CGI dog thing (like in Scooby-Doo).

The humour is almost constantly funny, though it gets a bit "we've seen it before" near the end. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun with this movie and I would recommend it to Simon Pegg and british comedy fans.

As for those who're only watching it 'cause Monty Python team is in it, I think you might be dissapointed...