Allen is back, Marilyn Monroe too

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2005)

I've been an Allen fan for many years. Like many others I was suspicious that their best years were gone. It's not true. The best Allen is back and renewed. All the elements that make a good film are here. The description of the characters, of the city, the music. All is really superb including the leading role of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, a great surprise and all the supporting roles. Emily Mortimer as the perfect wife is fantastic too. Scarlett Johansson deserves a commentary apart. What can I say about her. She is different interpreting a kind of Marilyn Monroe. Absolutely sexy but a looser. It's very remarkable how a 20 years old woman plays such a difficult role with such a maturity and power. Really incredible. The genius of Woody Allen achieving a kind of merge between Hitchcock and Bergman has to be seen.