It is better to be lucky....than....

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2006)

Chilling talky thriller that never lets on what's really going onor where it is going. From the unexpected source of Woody Allen, (I am astonished! Like no other WA film) with a mostly Irish and Scottish cast, Scarett Johannson as the token American, excellent femme fatal. Even if you don't like WA. See this. It puts London in the viewfinder as it really looks on the few sunny days. Class is no longer an issue, ability and luck is. This is really a film about luck, those who have it and those who don't. It is a clever film. It is an unexpected film from the master of neurotics in New York. The actors are superb. Even small roles have good actors, I guess that can be put down to the Woody Allen factor. The best British actors are so often Scots or Irish, and WA recognizes this. Carole