This torrid love affair left me very thirsty

Rating: 7/10 (24 October 2014)

Pretty good for a Woody Allen movie, which is to say that I struggle through his stuff (even with the best of intentions) and this one managed to keep me hooked. Scarlett Johansson is (uber sexy) here and she and Jonathon Rhys Meyers are excellent together -smoking hot chemistry. I liked the entire extended cast and the London location.
It's a bit of a slow burn to start, with tons of character development. The last hour makes up for it though, its very tense, surprising and brutal. I wasn't sure how "that" was going to play out -well done.
A couple of things did annoy me; the ongoing score of opera music (that's just me) and the fact that the characters were always drinking something. I actually got quite distracted by this as they poured, stirred, raised and sipped their way through the dialogue. Water from a pitcher, a bottle, the tap. Tea, coffee, beer, champagne cocktails, G&T. It became an overused prop. One of the few Woody Allen movies I've made it through in its entirety though. This one left me very thirsty. 04.16.14