Allen in 2005

Rating: 6/10 (8 July 2011)

There was a time when Woody Allen could get away with anything he did, no matter how failed it was. Audiences as well as critics adored him and his cinema, for undeniable masterpieces as "Manhattan", "Annie Hall", and "Crimes and Misdemeanors", and favorites as "Sleeper", "Broadway Danny Rose"," Radio Days", "Hannah and Her Sisters" or "The Purple Rose of Cairo". But things have changed, and even if repeating himself is a sign of authorship, it seems he has few new things to say. This is a reflection on luck, but the complications of the plot are resolved with resources from "Crimes..." that worked very well in 1989, but this time they seem preposterous, while the Bergmanesque ghosts are an easy way out to the complications he concocted. As Scorsese, he is a good director, and both craft fine products. But quite often today they seem pointless.