All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Maybe sometimes you do need to throw subtlety out of the window and just make an honest and unpretentiously dumb movie. You, creators of Absolutely Anything, make an excellent point with your movie there. As I watched it, I often found myself thinking "This is so silly," but then wondering "is that a problem?" As far as stories for romantic comedies go, this one must have been fished out of the very bottom of the barrel. It exists only as a base for the movie's situational comedy. Half the humour comes from jokes centred around the magic wishes of Simon Pegg's character getting taken too literally. How original... The rest of the humour comes from the level of ridiculousness of the effects of each wish. The humour is therefore not high brow, but the movie is nonetheless funny, with a lot of good timing. Absolutely Anything feels less like a movie and more like a comedy sketch that has been stretched to movie length and given a budget. That budget is not giant, judging from the level of CGI effects, but big enough to get top billing actors. Simon Pegg does his Simon Pegg shtick with relative ease. Kate Beckinsale is ok, though she doesn't do much beyond providing a pretty female co-lead, who somehow looks 28 at the age of 44...must have been one of the wishes. Both leads are a bit bland. The most interesting additions to the film are Rob Riggle and Sanjeev Bhaskar. They are not funny, but their performances add colour to the movie. Robin Williams plays only a minor role, but considering that this was his last movie, there is extra value there. He isn't given anything particularly funny to say though and does not appear to have been given room to do improvisation. This movie is harmless. It is a little bland and forgettable, but it is stupid fun.

If you need a good laugh watch this movie! Everybody in this movie was so funny. The main character is pathetic at first but you learn to laugh at him and like him. The characters in this movie were so funny, great job on the script. If you are a serious person you probably won't like it as it is just for laughs and nothing serious. I loved this movie but I like to laugh.

If you want a silly movie to watch. Forget yourself for a moment and just giggle, or spend time watching something goofy. This movie is a solid 8/10.However, if you are a cynical film critic that takes everything in the universe including your own mother way to seriously. This movie is not for you. Go watch interstellar or something indie and obscure.If you like silly fun on occasion, the this movie is on the recommended list.

Which would be the German title of the movie translated back into English. The movie being a comedy might split people as much as the title changes in Germany are splitting people up, deciding if that's genius or just plain bad. This comedy works on different levels, one of them being the actors. Kate Beckinsale and Simon Pegg are a really good match and play perfectly off each other.You have to love the physical but also the not always perfect comedy coming from them, but also the rest of the cast (the adoring running joke, sometimes literally either does it for you, or you're annoyed by it, but you can't fault the movie for backing off of it). There are weird ideas and sometimes the movie goes a bit over the top, but that's what I really liked about it too. Great execution and comedy timing too