Believe It Or Not, This Is a Perfect Movie, Demonstrating Allen's Unpredictability At This Age...

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2010)

One of the most underrated films of all time, this is Allen's come back to glory, and what kind of glory are we talking about?
This film, as I mentioned in the title, is simply perfect. The main actors give the performance of their careers and the supporting ones give their all to make the whole project work.
I'm young, and I got my young friends. They told me Scarlett is the sexiest woman in the world after watching this movie, so fascinated at her lips that they forgot the story of the movie, but I only went close to being distracted once (in the ping-pong scene), other than that I was stunned by her interpretation of the role. When I saw her first some years ago, I expected her to become another flesh-actress like Jessica Alba, but now I'm convinced she's the new Angelina Jolie, a great talent whose acting abilities outshine her looks.
And Rhys Meyers, WOW! Did you expect it? I didn't after seeing his last not-bad works. I saw myself in him, exactly the way I might cry or act in times of anxiety or being distant, so I assume he was so natural and believable as a confident boy whose intellect beats his desire and emotions, who finally makes a devastating decision.
Oh, and Allen's screenplay, what can I say? It's the first time that it occurs to me, after watching almost 2000 movies, that I see the lover kill the wild sex doll instead of the innocent woman, and that's an achievement. The twists are extraordinary in this title, a fact that makes it all the more exciting and surprising.
One also mustn't forget to praise the top class cinematography and greater than that, the editing. The sequences are so coherent and fluid I can't remember when I last saw something equal, let alone better.
About the Philosophy of the film, I guess this should be one of those of which each person will pay attention to one of the aspects. Until the very moment he squeezed the trigger I couldn't believe my eyes, and that was the moment that I found out this isn't an ordinary thriller of poor & rich, but a genius mix of many meanings.
Allen is a marvel, does anyone acclaim him the way he deserves? He's written and directed in all and acted in a majority of his 40 movies, isn't this an unbelievable accomplishment? Are the world and its residents aware of a little four-eye guy who's not a fast-talking clichéd clown, but a rare living treasure who offers one fine movie every year and a masterpiece once in a while? Why?
This must have competed with "Crash" in the Academy awards for best picture, screenplay and other categories, and I believe the actors were quite good enough to challenge Seymour Hoffman and Witherspoon in the acting category.
Watch this movie twice, because at the first sight you'll be shocked by the ending and will forget the details of the first one and a half hour, so a review is needed. And after finishing the second time and figuring out all the little things and angles in the lead-up, you'll put it into your top ten of all time.
Trust me on that one.