Anything else

Anything Else (Everything Else in Spain and Muero por ti in Latin America) is an American film 2003 comic written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Allen and Danny DeVito.

In the same year of its premiere, the film's script was translated into Spanish and published in a bilingual version by the publishing house Ocho y medio.

Synopsis

Falk (Jason Biggs) is a young comedy writer who is hopelessly in love with Amanda (Christina Ricci), a troubled and neurotic girl. On his daily walks through Central Park, Falk chats with his mentor, an aging comedy writer named Dobel (Woody Allen). He always advises him about comedy and sex, as well as encouraging him to have weapons in the house, in case something happened and he had to defend his integrity. However, when Amanda's mother, Mrs. Paula (Stockard Channing) decides to move into the apartment that Falk shares with his beloved, problems begin, as he must not only face her, but his own inability to write, the paranoia from Dobel, to his clumsy bore and agent (Danny DeVito) and, of course, Amanda and her increasingly intense craziness.

Cast

• Jason Biggs like Jerry Falk, a neurotic aspiring writer struggling to maintain a relationship with his girlfriend, Amanda.
• Christina Ricci as Amanda Chase, Jerry's intransigent, difficult and insecure girlfriend.
• Woody Allen as David Dobel, Jerry's mentor after Jerry's relationship is stuck.
• Stockard Channing like Paula Chase, Amanda's quixotesque mother.
• Danny DeVito like Harvey Wexler, who works with Jerry, is constantly in a bad mood and doesn't seem to be very good at his job.
• Jimmy Fallon like Bob.
• Erica Leerhsen as Connie.
• KaDee Strickland like Brooke.
• Adrian Grenier as Ray Polito.
• David Conrad as Dr. Phil Reed.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 40%, based on reviews from 129 critics. Metacritic gave the film a score of 40%. Average 43 out of 100, based on reviews from 37 critics.

Leonard Maltin, in his film and video guide, gave the film a rating of "BOMB" (which he awards to bad movies; the only film directed by Allen to have been rated "BOMB"), calling it "Allen's worst ever".

In August 2009, it was cited by Quentin Tarantino as one of his 20 favorite films since 1992, when he began his career as a filmmaker.

In 2016, film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph called Anything Else one of Woody Allen's worst films.