Movie of the Week: Absolutely Anything

[jacey]

We had planned to see Man from UNCLE this week, but a particularly damning report from a friend sent us (almost at random) to see Simon Pegg in Absolutely Anything. A good choice as it turns out.

The premise: a bunch of poweful aliens are trying to decide whether the Earth is worth saving or whether it should be obliterated. As a test they select one person to be the recipient of a power which enables him to do absolutely anything. The power lands on the shoulders of mild-mannered British school teacher, Neil (Pegg) and we follow his discovery of the power, his inept usage for immediate personal benefit and his attempt to use it for the good of mankind. Imagine what a really twisted genie could do if it was granting you three wishes and you might imagine what happens to neil when the wishes he makes are granted literally.

Kudos to the voice actors, all of the surviving Monty Python team as the aliens and the much-missed Robin Williams in his last ever movie as the voice of Dennis the dog - a critical role as Dennis is a bit of a scene stealer.#

A very sweet movie, entertaining and funny - maybe not laugh-out-loud funny, but it certainly offered lots of smiles. Well worth seeing.