At Age 70 Half a Woody is Better Than None

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2013)

You gotta Love Woody Allen, OK You don't have to Love Woody, but You gotta admit that He isn't averse to trying Different Things at least once, OK maybe more than once. Here He is saying, "But seriously Folks", just like the Jokes.
Speaking of Jokes, there is not a Funny Woodism to be found in this brightly lit Noir. Irony, you bet, but no Self-Reflective, Neurotic Misfit scratchings that is so Woody. Unless You count Sexual Obsession/Frustration.
In this Film, Scarlett Johansson's Femme Fatale is not really a Femme Fatale, at least You might not think so, at least at first. She is pucker lipped Hot at the beginning and so effortlessly Alluring that it is without doubt that our Bad Actor Leading Man will be but putty dripping from Her Web.
At once He is unable to break Free from the Stickiness, it is just No Match. The Director/Writer delivers a straight-forward, no frills, Semi-Thriller, that has a Thematic Twist of an Ending. But some of Woody's Fans may find this feeling Half-Hearted. But even half a Woody is better than none.