I know there were some things Binky wanted to say about it, but she was going to wait to do that until I'd watched it. Well, now I've watched it. So Binky, what did you think?
I liked it well enough. It is far superior to Woody Allen's two preceding films (the damn bad Scoop and the absolutely atrocious Cassandra's Dream). Of course it plays to a lot of Allen's usual themes (the travails of rich neurotic Americans who are dissatisfied with their sex lives) and desires (do we really think he'd have embraced that three-way if it was guy-guy-girl instead of girl-girl-guy)? But evenso, it was still a pleasing, well-acted diversion even if it was quite familiar. I find it odd it was on so many Top 10 lists, but I'd give it a thumbs-up.
Posted by armand at April 11, 2009 06:35 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesSo, I liked it. I thought that it was unsatisfying in the typical Woody Allen way, because there is no "happy ending." However, life, as we all know, is not Hollywood, so I'm fine with that. Watching Javier walk around in linen pants was no chore, of course, and Penelope Cruz is great. Scarlett. Well. She was suited for the part, no?
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