Anything Else (2003)

 Hey, I watched a movie all the way through off live TV, I can't remember the last time I did that. A comedy from Woody Allen's weak turn of the Milleniaum period, 'Anything Else' is a comedy about a comedy writer (Jason Biggs (who was remarkably at a period in his career where he was a viable Woody Allen lead)), whose once passionate relationship with his girlfriend Christina Ricci is cooling off, much to his (totally understandable) dismay. Biggs is the obvious Woody Allen surrogate here, a point brought home by giving him an older comedy writer mentor figure played by Allen, where the first time you see them together they a wearing basically the same outfit. Allen's not stretching any muscles here in either the writting or directing departments, it's the kind of generic-ish, oddly out of time fair, he could have made with just about the same script in 1983, 2003 or 2023 (for the latter just add smartphones). Still, pleasant enough. **