What is Absolutely Anything about?
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A man gains unlimited power from aliens, leading to a darkly comic and absurdist test for humanity.
Campy, with absurdist humor. A party watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Pluto TV (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Absolutely Anything parents guide
It stays inside its R, with some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byTerry Jones
StarringSimon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Robert Bathurst, Suzy Eddie Izzard
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