Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (20 October 2007)

No complaints about direction techniques from Woody Allen really. Comfortable story telling is enjoyed throughout.
But the major disappointment (if not flaws) comes from the fundamental way of how the theme is got across throughout the movie.
Yes luck plays a major if not the predominant role in how one's life is shaped and conducted. That I have no dispute when put as the theme of a movie, and I am eager to see how it can be got across. But by building this up on numerous unrealistic and irrational plots and turns of event does not help if not harms the credibility and decency of this movie. For such an ambitious and power hungry guy as Jonathan, many acts he did were totally out of the ordinary to completely destruct the credibility of the whole story. Why would he have sex with a lady possessed by his "boss" around his mansion? And this being done "roughly" on a rainy day in the field - how romantic! Why would he use a long gun owned by once again his "boss" to commit a recklessly dangerous murder? And he managed to be someone like an investment banker after years of playing pro tennis! Turns out the story discredits the theme the movie tries to bring out, which on itself is more credible before I watched the movie.