Editing Anything Else (section)

==Reception==
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on reviews from 136 critics, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Too many elements from better Woody Allen films are being recycled here."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/anything_else |title= Anything Else |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= December 11, 2023}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]], assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/anything-else |title= Anything Else |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= April 2, 2020}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade C− on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Anything Else (2003) C− |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of four, and wrote: "At a time when so many American movies keep dialogue at a minimum so they can play better overseas, what a delight to listen to smart people whose conversation is like a kind of comic music."<ref>{{cite news |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Anything Else movie review & film summary (2003) |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anything-else-2003 |newspaper= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= September 19, 2003 |access-date= 2020-05-10 |via= [[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date= 2020-06-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200607155712/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/anything-else-2003 |url-status= live}}</ref>
James Berardinelli of ''ReelViews'' wrote: "''Anything Else'' may not be the second coming of ''[[Annie Hall]]'', but it has more wit and substance than almost every post-college romance that sees the inside of a projection booth".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/a/anything_else.html |title=Review: Anything else |website=ReelViews |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030921063111/http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/a/anything_else.html |archive-date=21 September 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
David Stratton of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "The younger casting brings a freshness to the material and, with Allen as the weird mentor, there are plenty of laughs, even if the pacing's slow and the running time over-extended."<ref>{{cite magazine |date= 28 August 2003 |last= Stratton |first= David |title= Anything Else |url= https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/anything-else-1200539758/ |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= 10 May 2020 |archive-date= 28 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170628215031/http://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/anything-else-1200539758/ |url-status= live}}</ref>

Mike Clark of ''[[USA Today]]'' was critical of the characterizations, the music, the length ("brutally overlong"), but praised the actors for their performances: "It's asking a lot of audiences to spend nearly two hours with characters as screen-unfriendly as the ones played by Biggs and Ricci, though both actors (and especially Ricci) do what they're asked to do." Clark also says the film "sounds as if it ought to be funny, but like so much else here, intent and execution keep missing each other." and complains that the misery of the story is not tempered by sufficient laughs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allen's 'Anything Else' is a test of patience |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-09-18-anything-else_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |access-date=2020-05-10 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927234323/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-09-18-anything-else_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2009, it was cited by [[Quentin Tarantino]] as one of his favorite 20 films since 1992, when his career as a filmmaker began.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://movieline.com/2009/08/17/quentin-tarantino-deems-forgotten-jason-biggs-movie-one-of-the-best-films-of-all-time/ |title= Quentin Tarantino: Forgotten Jason Biggs Movie is One of the Best Films of All Time |access-date= January 7, 2013 |website= [[Movieline]] |date= 17 August 2009 |archive-date= May 15, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130515103617/http://movieline.com/2009/08/17/quentin-tarantino-deems-forgotten-jason-biggs-movie-one-of-the-best-films-of-all-time/ |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= August 17, 2009 |last= Brown |first= Lane |title= Team America, Anything Else Among the Best Movies of the Past Seventeen Years, Claims Quentin Tarantino |url= https://www.vulture.com/2009/08/speed_and_team_america_among_q.html |website= [[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date= May 10, 2020 |url-access= limited |archive-date= February 13, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130213073053/http://www.vulture.com/2009/08/speed_and_team_america_among_q.html |url-status= live}}</ref>

[[Leonard Maltin]], in his ''TV, Movie, & Video Guide'', gave the film a "BOMB" rating (the only Allen-directed film ever to receive this citation), and called it "a rare misfire for Woody, but still a big one".<ref>{{cite book|last=Maltin|first=Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|date=2009|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780451227645|url-access=registration|isbn=978-1-101-10660-0|publisher=Signet Books|location=New York City}}</ref>
In 2016, film critics [[Robbie Collin]] and Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ranked ''Anything Else'' as one of the worst movies by Woody Allen.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Robbie|last1=Collin|author-link=Robbie Collin|first2=Tim|last2=Robey|title=All 47 Woody Allen movies – ranked from worst to best|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/woody-allens-best-and-worst-movies/|access-date=February 12, 2017|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=October 12, 2016|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118143535/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/woody-allens-best-and-worst-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref>