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May 12, 2017 · In Terry Jones’ “Absolutely Anything,” a quartet of trigger-happy aliens leave it up to the morality of one human to see if Earth is worth not eradicating. If said individual does good with the temporary power to do, well, absolutely anything, we’re all saved.
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By Chris Tilly
Posted: Aug 13, 2015 4:15 pm
You probably liked Absolutely Anything better when it was called Bruce Almighty. The film combines the comedic talents of Simon Pegg, Robin Williams and the Monty Python team, but in telling a tale that’s incredibly similar to the 2003 movie in which Jim Carrey was granted God-like powers, it invites comparisons that aren’t flattering.
The central conceit is exactly the same, though here rather than the actual God making a man god-like, it’s a group of malevolent aliens doing the bestowing.
Calling themselves the ‘Intergalactic Council of Superior Beings’ and voiced by Pythons John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and the film’s co-writer and director Terry Jones, the aliens have decided to terminate Earth, but before their ‘Destruction Order’ can be carried out, they must enact due legal process.
They do this by choosing an earthling at random, giving them supreme power, and if said person proves their worth, leaving the planet be.
Terry Jones could have done absolutely anything with this high-concept set-up but chose to go down the romantic comedy route. Which would be fine if the jokes were better, but they aren't. The result is a loosely knitted together series of vignettes, some of which raise titters, but the majority of which elicit groans.
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May 12, 2017 · Absolutely Anything Reviews - Metacritic. Summary A group of eccentric aliens confer a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment. Comedy. Sci-Fi. Directed By: Terry Jones. Written By: Terry Jones, Gavin Scott, Douglas Adams.
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Aug 17, 2015 · Absolutely Anything review. From Monty Python's Terry Jones comes Absolutely Anything, starring Simon Pegg. The late Robin Williams steals the show, though...
Aug 12, 2015 · Film Review: ‘Absolutely Anything’. Decades in the making, Monty Python vet Terry Jones' lame sci-fi satire squanders the contributions of top comic talents — including the late Robin...
Absolutely Anything is a 2015 British science fantasy comedy film directed by Terry Jones, and written by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott. It stars Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, with the nonhuman characters' voices provided by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Jones ...
