What's the point in a movie like this?

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2006)

Frankly, I don't see a point in making a movie like this. The main theme of it is extremely old and boring and was exhausted maybe 20 years ago. There were no performances that would make this movie memorable, either. For an hour and a half I was asking myself, "Why should I care?" (still don't know the answer, by the way) and "When is this going to end?". With very few exceptions, the dialog is terrible and so is the narrative, very schematic, predictable, and full of stereotypes. I couldn't believe Woody Allen wrote and directed this.
So it was, extremely boring and uninspiring, until the plot took a twist in the last thirty minutes. Then there were indeed a few non-stereotypical turns some of which I enjoyed (and they are the only reason I give this movie a 6 instead of a 3) but overall, was this last half an hour worth waiting, dying from boredom in the meantime? Definitely no if you ask me.