I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything

She's the most maddening female he's ever met. And she's only six years old.

Directed by James L. Brooks

Produced by Gracie Films, Columbia Pictures

1994115 min5.6 / 10

A warm, character-driven comedy-drama about an unsuccessful actor learning to balance fatherhood, romance, and ambition through his relationship with his precocious daughter.

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.

Questions people ask

  • Is I'll Do Anything violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is I'll Do Anything scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is I'll Do Anything easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Does I'll Do Anything end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is I'll Do Anything sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity13

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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