Exciting movie

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 2006)

I had very high expectations for this movie. Almost everyone had given it good reviews. And I was not disappointed.
This movie is so good that I have thought about it for some time, trying to find holes in the plot: 1. On the actor-side, I don't think that Jonathan Meyers did a good enough job. The transition from being in love with Nola to wanting to get rid of her is to superficial. It's like one day to the next he is suddenly tired of her.
2. I don't know if it's the character of Jonathan Meyers or the manuscript. But the above transition seems to come out of nowhere from where he is in love to where he wants to get rid of Nola.
3. Indeed the main character can be compared to Raskolnikov, the main character in Dostojevskij's Crime & Punishment - which is also referred to in the beginning of the movie. Clearly Woody Allen must have been influenced by this (great) book. When Chris' dad-in-law said that he had had an interesting talk with Chris about Dostojevski, I would like to have seen or heard more about the issue. Because Chris also develops into a character that thinks he can get away with crime - and as opposed to Raskolnikov, he gets away with it. But at what price?
Otherwise, still a fantastic movie with great performances, especially by the two young actresses, Johannson and Mortimer.