Anything (2017) (original) (raw)
Earl, a middle-aged widower, moves to Los Angeles to be with family. He asserts his independence by renting an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood full of "colorful" characters. Most colorful of all is Frida, a transgender next door neighbor who happens to find Earl just as exotic as he finds her.
Earl, a middle-aged widower, moves to Los Angeles to be with family. He asserts his independence by renting an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood full of "colorful" characters. Most colorful of all is Frida, a transgender next door neighbor who happens to find Earl just as exotic as he finds her. (less)
Director: Timothy McNeil
Writer: Timothy McNeil
Starring: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, Maura Tierney, Michael Boatman, Melora Hardin, Claudia Doumit
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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 10, 2018
7 / 10
Writer/director Timothy McNeil makes a love story with �Anything,� but not necessarily a tender one. Dewy feelings and meet cutes are in short supply here, with the material angling for a different understanding of personal connection, with broken people, not cartoony ones, discovering something special during their time together. McNeil labors to keep the endeavor away from predictability, and his overall control of tone occasionally fails him, but he does manage to locate warmth in the midst of minor upheavals. �Anything� eventually reaches tenderness, but the climb there is more interesting ...read more...
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