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Is Anybody There?
Directed by
John Crowley
PG-13
2009
1h 35m
Drama
6.6
65%
55%
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A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.
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Cast of Is Anybody There?
Michael Caine
Clarence
Bill Milner
Edward
David Morrissey
Dad
Anne-Marie Duff
Mum
Rosemary Harris
Elsie
Ralph Riach
Clive
Linzey Cocker
Tanya
Elizabeth Spriggs
Prudence
Leslie Phillips
Reg
Sylvia Syms
Lilian
Thelma Barlow
Ena
Peter Vaughan
Bob
Carl McCrystal
Undertaker 1
Andrew Turner
Undertaker 2
Oliver Leach
Barry
Ralph Ineson
Mr. Kelly
David Rintoul
Harry Price
Tommy Baxendale
Tanya's Boyfriend Mike
Adam Drinkall
Stuart
Edward Lees
Ben
Kevin Locke
Entertainer
Jennifer Hennessy
School Mother
James Gilbert
Tanya's New Boyfriend
Angie Inwards
Mavis
Garrick Hagon
Douglas
Miles Jupp
Vicar
Peter Harness
Cashier
Sue Wallace
Mrs. Hitler
William Ilkley
Barry's Dad
Michael Keogh
Paramedic
Keith Hargreaves
Bus Driver
Ronnie Barker
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronnie Corbett
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charli Janeway
Guy Who Walks (uncredited)
Karl Johnson
Arthur (uncredited)
Is Anybody There? Ratings & Reviews
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
Working from a screenplay by Peter Harness, director John Crowley elicits strong performances and conjures a realistic atmosphere. But the story is predictable.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The result is a film that's funny, sad and oddly brave.
Variety
Rob Nelson
Profoundly (and some would say pleasurably) formulaic, the film possesses scant cinematic energy, relying wholly on the familiar transformation of a grumpy old man into an infectiously weepy humanist.
IndieWire
Leo Goldsmith
The talent and craftsmanship of "Is Anybody There?" is ample, but it remains uncertain whether there's anybody here still interested in this all-too-familiar story.
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Caine raises this odd-couple comedy to highly agreeable levels.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
[A] funny and moving drama about the mysteries of the grave.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Despite all the rough edges and predictable touches, the film becomes quite moving in its final act.
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
Caine is magnificent, and the film is worth a look for his contribution alone.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
These two lonely guys are clearly move-made for each other, but this film allows them to be more complicated and less cuddly than the usual feel-good comfort movie.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
To answer the question put forth by the title of Is Anybody There?: Michael Caine is there, single-handedly lifting a soggy bit of coming-of-age whimsy into the category of the watchable.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Abracadabra, indeed.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Caine moves through the less-than-surprising story line, shaking things up not with an actorly flamboyance but with a heartbreaking sense of quiet tragedy and regret.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It is Caine's seemingly effortless mastery, after a lifetime of acting, that is the real attraction here.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I can't really recommend the film, unless you admire Caine as much as I do.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
Is Anybody There?, about an aging magician's friendship with a morose boy, requires us to repress any thoughts about stale material and keep Caine's heartfelt performance front and center.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
While Caine is highly watchable, Is Anybody There? limns all-too-familiar and schmaltzy territory for both coming-of-age films and movies with elderly actors.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
A finely drawn and gentle British drama propelled by another of the star's unforgettable screen portraits.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
What balances the movie is Mr. Caine's exceptional portrayal of old age as the accumulation of a lifetime's experience. In his performance the child, the youthful rogue and the forgetful codger all live at once.
NPR
Bob Mondello
At once predictable and implausible; so overplotted and overpopulated that the question isn't so much Is Anybody There? as "Why on earth are so many bodies here?"
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