"It's all about luck!". My 1st Woody Allen experience, and I must say it was an incredible one! *spoilers*

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2006)

This was my 1st Woody Allen experience, and I must say it was an incredible one!. All the characters are fascinating, and the story is really brilliant, plus Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson are simply incredible in this!. I originally wanted to see this in theaters because the trailer looked awesome, however I never did, so I was really happy to see this masterpiece when it came to DVD, and it's full of incredible plot twists as well, plus I absolutely loved the dialog!. This should be on the top 250, and while it may seem draggy at 1st, if you stick with it you will be rewarded, plus like the tennis ball does your luck can go over the net, or not. It was completely unpredictable for me throughout, and it was fun to see Scarlett Johansson's character develop throughout, plus while I was hoping Jonathan Rhys Meyers would get caught because he was such an unbelievable prick(in my opinion), the ending still worked pretty well, even it didn't give me what I wanted. I will definitely be checking out more of Woody Allern's work after loving this film,and Emily Mortimer did fantastic in her role, plus I loved the old fashioned music it had in it as well.
It's extremely well made and written, and there are many shocking and suspenseful moments as well, plus it will leave you thinking long after you are finished watching it. Penelope Wilton was incredibly annoying as Chloe's(Mortimer) mother, but played her role extremely well,and I really loved the setting as well, plus Woody really has an incredible mind, as he is just so imaginative and creative. It also has an important message about adultery,and while I really couldn't feel any sympathy for the characters, they were still very likable(except for Meyers), plus I couldn't believe what Meyers character did, and that he would resort to that, as it just shocked me. This deserves all the praise it gets, and yes while it is talky, it was always interesting, plus the most important scene in the movie for me may be when Meyers tries to throw the watch into the river, but it hits the railing instead. This was my 1st Woody Allen experience and I must say it was an incredible one, and if you Haven't seen it, please do so immediately you shouldn't regret it!.
The Direction is outstanding!. Woody Allen does an outstanding! job here with wonderful camera work,excellent angles, using an awesome setting, and just keeping the film at an extremely engrossing pace, and doing everything else just perfect.
The Acting is top notch!. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is incredible here, he played an unbelievably selfish prick, that I despised,a gold digger in my opinion, but he was just so incredible at it, and as I said the things that he resorted too, just shocked me, he was one of the main reasons the movie was as good as it was, I just wished he didn't get away with it. Scarlett Johansson is also incredible here, she is incredibly gorgeous, and while she didn't have as much screen time as I would have liked she was incredible when on, I know some people thought her performance was very wooden, but I must say I disagree completely she was intense when needed to be, and played her role extremely well! (Scarlett Rules!!!!!!!). Emily Mortimer is fantastic in her role, her role wasn't anything special, but she did it with charm and likability, she also was very sweet, I really liked her, as she had fine chemistry with Meyers. Brian Cox is good as the father. Penelope Wilton is incredibly annoying but very effective, as the Mother. Matthew Goode is good as the best friend. Rest of the cast are fine.
Overall if you haven't seen it please do so immediately you shouldn't regret it!. ***** out of 5