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Amanda Peet, Brooke Smith, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloë Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller
Over a meal in a Chinese restaurant, Sy poses a conundrum to his fellow diners: Is the essence of life comic or tragic? For the sake of argument, he tells a story, which the others then embellish to i...( read more
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Woody Allen's weakest film by far...It was so not his style, non-convincing, unreal and wearisome. The performances (by Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell and Chiwetel Ejiofor to name a few) were as great as they could be, how could they not when Woody Allen has the direction...
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I assume the premise of the movie came to Woody Allen because that's exactly the duality of how he sees the world: is human existence a comedy or a tragedy? He offers that there are both sides to every story in 'Melinda and Melinda.'
Uncharacteristically, I am more taken with W...( read more)
Some playwrights get together and then one starts telling a story while the other two see it from both the tragic side and the comic side, which is the basis for the film: one story told as a tragedy and as a comedy. The biggest kudos go to the amount of characters in this and ho...( read more)
Although the humorous syle and talent of Woody Allen is still present here, the film lacks of the enterntainment value and of the good plot that his films normally have. Although WIll Ferrell acted quite good, he was a weird choice. Not necessary to see.
55/100
Not as bad as some say! I liked the idea of small details in story telling leading to whole different kind of stories.
I was intrigued at how Radha Mitchell played both scenarios extremely well, both in the comedy story as well as the dramatic tragedy story. The ending for both stories were perfect for the type of stories that they are respectively. I admire the work of Woody Allen tremendously. ...( read more)
