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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschA 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.
- 70The New York TimesKen JaworowskiThe New York TimesKen JaworowskiIt’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.
- 70Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniEarly absorbs Freda’s pain into his own, and McNeil builds a delicate idyll from their defiant embrace of unexpected second chances.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMcNeil’s first-time film direction is capable but his screenplay suffers from a few too many cliches.
- 63New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThough 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.”
- 60Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshAnything 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.
- 50VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerThough 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.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSuffice to say that McNeil plays it way too safe. Trying to have it both ways, he satisfies no one.
- 42IndieWireJude DryIndieWireJude DryOnce 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.