#movie Absolutely Anything: What Happens When a Man Gets Godlike Powers? (Full Breakdown)
Trivia & Behind-the-Scenes
Script Development: The script for Absolutely Anything was in development between Terry Jones and writer Gavin Scott for over 20 years before finally being greenlit .
Robin Williams’s Final Role: This film marks the final on-screen performance of Robin Williams, who died in August 2014, before the film’s release . He voices Dennis the Dog.
Monty Python Reunion: The film features the voices of all five surviving members of Monty Python—their first on-screen collaboration since 1983 .
H.G. Wells Inspiration: The film is loosely based on the H.G. Wells short story The Man Who Could Work Miracles, which has a similar premise about a man granted godlike powers .
Running Time: At just 85 minutes, the film is notably short—a fact that some critics saw as a mercy and others as a missed opportunity .
Cast & Crew Spotlight
Role Actor
Neil Clarke Simon Pegg
Catherine Kate Beckinsale
Ray Sanjeev Bhaskar
Colonel Grant Rob Riggle
Headmaster Eddie Izzard
Dennis the Dog (voice) Robin Williams
Alien Council (voices) John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Director Terry Jones
Screenwriters Gavin Scott, Terry Jones
Final Thoughts: Worth Watching?
Absolutely Anything is a deeply uneven film. It has moments of genuine comedy, a cast that any director would kill for, and a premise that invites endless possibilities. But it also has a script that never quite commits to exploring those possibilities, a romantic subplot that stumbles into uncomfortable territory, and a tone that wavers between family-friendly and surprisingly adult.
And yet, there’s something oddly endearing about it. Simon Pegg’s performance is reliably charming. Robin Williams’s voice work is a bittersweet reminder of his talents. And the Python aliens, however underused, provide moments of genuine absurdist joy.
For fans of British comedy, Pegg’s filmography, or anyone curious about Robin Williams’s final role, Absolutely Anything is worth a watch. Just don’t expect it to change your life—or, as the film might warn, be careful what you wish for.
Let Me Know in the Comments:
What would YOU do if you had unlimited power for ten days?
Do you think the film was too hard on Neil, or did he deserve his struggles?
How does Absolutely Anything compare to other “ordinary person gets godlike powers” movies like Bruce Almighty or The Mask?
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I could literally without powers push this human race to the edge of a stage 2 civilization. But with your paygates and “gotta be popular” sht you won’t let me. Everyone could have as much as they needed and our tech would jump hundreds if not thousands of years within the decade.
Is that Robin Williams???
I'm disappointed that we Germans didn't start a war for no reason…
You did it the wrong way 🤣🤣🤣
the monkey hand curls in a short
It's why in my fantasies I generally don't try to fix everything, because the only way I could do it right is if I was omniscient. Which would be literal hell for me, as boredom would utterly consume me.
The food thing is what might happen if replicator technology is ever real
He turned it into a worldbox map
What exactly is the issue with the Sahara Dessert bit? It's just sitting there, do nothing.
Bullshit
This movie is so annoying dude.
"I wish people wouldn't starve."
"Haha smart guy,what if people not starving was somehow bad hmmmmm?"
Republican propaganda.
“Senseless war over forever”
Latest news New Zealand has declared a senseless war, nice writing 😂
When liberals try to fix things
Every war makes sense to somebody.
I missed the part where the City in the Sahara desert was a bad thing, can someone fill me in?
imagine if he said humans are fiscally incapable of doing harm lol
something something war without reason
Its Arnold Weezly
Wonder how that power will grant. "Humans will have a perfect society forever"
rich ppl can eat anything u dont see them all fat and there is enough land on earth that hasn't even been touched
Just reminds me of the wishing fountain scene in Community do not make blanket wishes.
do new zealand and iceland even have militaries
As much food as they WANT. So this implies chinese WANT to be overweight
It really pisses me off that the writer of this movie actually thought that giving people a place to live would cause some type of massive overpopulation crisis. Like homelessness is a necessary evil because it isnt possible to house everyone.
Absolutely ridiculous
This reminds me of a line from a movie: "You stupid! Kindness and compassion won't save others. You need to learn to understand and have the skill to do it, otherwise you'll only kill them." It's quite true that he has the ability to do absolutely whatever he wants, but he lacks the understanding and skill to use it right, he just kill so many people just because he only have Kindness.
seems like.. war without reason
He forgot to give peoole common sense
Oh look propaganda disguised as entertainment
War is fun that why
To be fair, the food one is on the people. He said have much food as you want, not that you have to eat it. They chose to eat that much.
“The problem is language. We need a language that cannot be misinterpreted.”
bro didn’t even think about how he ended world hunger “as much food as they need to live comfortably”, simple as that.
So fuckin dumb. "Oh you wanna get rid of starvation? Everyone's fat INSTANTLY LOL! If everyone had home then hurr durr infinite gated communities!!11!!! Did you say 'no senseless war?' How about countries just start declaring war senselessly even tho thats exactly what you said not to happen lololol" imma dropkick whoever wrote this shit.
Theres a hoi4 joke in there i just know it
The audacity to say China would be the first one.
Those guys were giving their women hooves for beauty standards, no amount of food would fatten them up 😂
Bring it Iceland 😆
War isn’t always senseless. What Russia is doing to Ukraine would be senseless. The US and Isreal ending a tyrannical regime thats killing millions in the 40 plus years its been committing terror and being a literal sponsor for not to mention the 40k plus they just murdered is not senseless. We already know what would happen if the world allowed them to get nuclear weapons and massive ballistic missiles stockpiles. They would be another North Korea. Thats why we let them be. It would take to much to go in and take all of that out without having nuclear war. Iran is also more insane then North Korea because their ideology tells them to kill everyone that doesn’t follow their ideology. North Korea the dude seams content just with having the same weapons as everyone else but isn’t really threatening to use them. Yeah they shoot a missile into the sea every once in a while but its not like they are hitting other countries. Its still not ideal because one insult could change that but people like Iran would use it just because they don’t like Israel.
Swiss cheese.
as in the plot looks cheesy, smells slightly off and is full of holes.
"Man argues with dog over semantics for 90 minutes"
We have "endless" food in the West and while there are obese people, it is not a big problem. Hunger and starvation on the other hand is. Also, you can build homes without needing excessive space. The world is big and we only make a human "meatball" the size of New York.
Sigh… struggle defines us as human. You cannot have everything perfect for it all must be balanced. Good can only exist if evil exists and vice versa
My first wish always "Make me super smart so I can make very wise decisions always".
"detonate every nuclear weapon in the world right now" if the first wish did not go like I hoped for.
Most of the problem is taxes flat tax in theory will fix the root issue if a number of those things
Basically uncapped tax can allow for creation of exploits that then make a need to raise tax again if flat tax capped acts as gatekeeper
Leftist paradice 😂
I would wish for everybody to have internal peace and happiness but that would probably go wrong some how 😂
As an Icelander, I can confirm that we are not at war with New Sealand.
This is because they won
There was an experiment where they created a controlled, self contained environment, filled it with a bunch of rats and let the animals have all the food and water they wanted. Long term it became a disaster. Eventually none of the rats wanted to do anything. They turned on themselves and the colony died out despite living in abundance.
Just make war no longer profitable and we will have peace