Boring self-plagiarism

Rating: 1/10 (8 January 2006)

Pale shadow of "Crimes and Misdemeanors". Poorly written dialogs appear totally out of place. Unconvincing characters, predictable plot. London setting compounds the effect as whatever seems natural and witty for New York middle-aged intellectual sounds false and pretentious when said by young London second-generation elite. I felt personally offended by the movie itself and by the critics who praised it - people, you cannot be serious! It gives an impression of a school play rather than "the best film of Allen's career". Everything is recycled from his earlier movies, but is much worse (if you want to hear something about "pushing your conscience under the rug", go watch the original. I mean, "Crimes and Misdemeanors").