sharp and pretty enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2006)

Both direction and writing evoke very good performances from an excellent cast (remember Emily Mortimer acting in "Young Adam" and she was up to her skills this time too) but the one taking center stage is not Scarlett Johansson but Rhyss Meyers, who delivers. Plot's quite unusual for Woody Allen's fans but the movie has heart and soul. It's not one of Allen's best ones but the domestic melodrama, then turning into a psycho-thriller is watchable and has a pressing rhythm. Finally the ending twist will be appreciated even by Alfred Hitchcock's fans. All things considered not a genial work but certainly a charming story that is worth the ticket.