Original concept, well made, too frenetic and lacking composure

Rating: 6/10 (4 December 2016)

It's commendable that Hollywood should use theatrical timing to make films, because recent titles are often feel like pop videos.
Woody Allen is a master at that, refusing his actors screen time shorter than 2 minutes in order to express a complex feeling. Modern films do that in a couple of seconds, and become emotionally junk.
I don't like woody Allen but i think that his direction of the camera, the scene and the tempo of the acting is superior that what this awesome cast achieved.
It's a film which was written for the ex batman star, and attracted a lot of good actors due to it's theatrical basis, but it failed to capture my interest.
The frenetic pace was contrived, speaking was too fast, the scenes weren't elaborate, perhaps to put the viewer in the shoes of a person in situ, the camera explores the scene like someone walking around.
The greatest test of composure is calm moments of intensity, and a charged silence which raises many question in between words... The lack of silence was the problem for the film. no scenic metaphors interrupted the constant hurried speaking, there was no space for reverie, although it could be a very enjoyable film after a drink and a rowdy night out, in the Cinema.
I'd rate Bullets Over Broadway (1994) as being superior, perhaps just to the beauty of it's setting, it calm composure, compared to the chaos and drab backgrounds of this film and it's endless frenzy. The lack of contrast in color also with the backgrounds helped to make the frantic pace tedious, where a larger and less mundane backdrop may have lifted the unnatural uniterrupted fast chatter of the film in order to make the it more watchable.