| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| A great Woody Allen flick is a reminder of the cinematic
glory he was (and still is). A good Woody Allen flick
is better than the average comedy (and, sometimes,
the average drama). Then there are the three or four
bad films he made in the...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by [email protected] |
| Woody Allen's latest concoction, the schizophrenic but mildly
diverting "Melinda and Melinda," is beset with the familiar pitfalls--
and emotional pratfalls--of his previous score of "dramadies." At the
ripe old age of 69, Allen has settled into a...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper |
| CAPSULE: Woody Allen shows us how the same inspiration can inspire
either a comedy or a tragic love story. We see the creative process
at work as a comedy director creates a comic story and a more serious
director takes the original story in the...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10) |
| CAPSULE: Woody Allen shows us how the same
inspiration can inspire either a comedy or a
tragic love story. We see the creative process
at work as a comedy director creates a comic
story and a more serious director takes the...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10) |
| CAPSULE: Woody Allen shows us how the same
inspiration can inspire either a comedy or a
tragic love story. We see the creative process
at work as a comedy director creates a comic
story and a more serious director takes the...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| In MELINDA AND MELINDA, two writers are arguing over dinner about whether
comedy or tragedy is more important. Or, as they put it, is the world more
tragic or comic? (This is an unsolvable battle that the voters in the Motion
Picture Academy have long...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Melinda and Melinda" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
This is Woody Allen's 34th film and his imagination is still fertile as
he, once again, tackles the concept of alternate realities, touching on love,
betrayal and other forms...more |
| Melinda and Melinda Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Grade: B
Directed by: Woody Allen
Written by: Woody Allen
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha
Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloe Sevigny, Wallace Shawn
Screened at: Fox, NYC,...more |
