Review of Absolutely Anything

A very light hearted and delightfully silly comedy with an all star cast. Neil Clarke (Simon Pegg) is an English teacher who struggles with his job and is in love with his neighbour Catherine (Kate Beckinsale). A group of five aliens (voiced splendidly by the remaining Pythons at the time!) bestow the power to do absolutely anything by random to Neil in an experiment to see if the human species can determine the difference between good and evil. What ensues is relentlessly fun and occasionally really funny! Upon watching it again, it loses some laughs on more watches strangely and feels more discombobulated in not an entirely satisfying way. Nevertheless, there are still hilarious sequences, a central romance that you invest in and a great cast bringing their all. I particularly loved Robin Williams lending his voice to Neil's dog Dennis which provided a beautiful insight into the mind of a dog! Beckinsale is enormously likeable and a treat to watch on screen and Eddie Izzard appears in a supporting role as the school headmaster and the things that Neil makes him do is really funny. It's a pretty good outing for Director Terry Jones and this turned out to be his swan song, leaving the world with a jolly spirit and plenty of giggles to look back on