Anything
Paladin | Release Date: May 11, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschMay 10, 2018
A pleasingly quiet, small-scaled drama about love between strangers and siblings, solidarity between lonely Angelenos and the transformative power of kindness, Anything has much to recommend it. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMay 15, 2018
I cannot count the number of reservations I had about Anything, an idea with every possibility of being a cheap publicity gimmick aimed at selling the sensational and luring the lurid. What a shock, then, to discover that Anything is anything but. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniMay 10, 2018
Early absorbs Freda’s pain into his own, and McNeil builds a delicate idyll from their defiant embrace of unexpected second chances. Read full review
70
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiMay 10, 2018
It’s easy to second-guess a scene or three in Anything. Yet this is a film that wagers you’ll put aside your doubts and open up to its gentle emotions. It’s a bit of a risk for a viewer. But I’d take it. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMay 16, 2018
McNeil’s first-time film direction is capable but his screenplay suffers from a few too many cliches. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartMay 10, 2018
Though both Tierney and Bomer’s characters also veer into stereotype — her uptight disapproval, his sassiness — writer-director Timothy McNeil still crafts a fairly moving tribute to the notion, as Lin-Manuel Miranda once put it, that “love is love is love.” Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMay 9, 2018
Anything wants to be an unconventional love story but gets distracted by other subplots, and McNeil doesn't take the time to develop what becomes the central story line. Still, it's a fine showcase for a softer side of the always excellent John Carroll Lynch. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMay 16, 2018
Suffice to say that McNeil plays it way too safe. Trying to have it both ways, he satisfies no one. Read full review
50
VarietyNick SchagerMay 10, 2018
Though the film’s heart is in the right place, writer Timothy McNeil’s directorial debut (an adaptation of his play) hits so many familiar notes that it undercuts its compassionate lead performances, in the process rendering it merely a superficial tale of unlikely amour. Read full review
42
IndieWireJude DryMay 11, 2018
Once more for the people in the back, treating anyone’s identity like a costume is offensive and dangerous to an already-marginalized group. If the filmmakers wanted the movie to have a real impact, they should have cast a transgender actress. Instead, Anything is just a yellow lily-livered mess. Read full review
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