Is Anybody There? is the kind of life-affirming comedy that American filmmakers such as Frank Capra used to do in the 1930s, and which somehow got lost in our cultural ethos with the coming and passing of the 1960s. Fortunately, in England it's still possible to make relatively small-scale, actor-oriented theatrical film releases such as this (though one gets the feeling it wouldn't be getting half as much attention as it is receiving -- and deserves -- were it not for the presence of Michael Caine in one of the film's two central roles). It's a movie that confronts age and the aging process in often ironic terms, and doesn't really celebrate youth, as much as...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
94 mins