Shockingly BAD - don't even think of seeing this one!!

Rating: 1/10 (10 January 2006)

where do i begin??.. wooden acting, trite superficial script, simplistic metaphor, and the clichéd caricature of how an American would view England. this film is an absolute stinker. and i'm not the only one to hold this view - a packed Saturday night house at the upscale Chelsea Cinema howled repeatedly with the laughter of derision. post screening foyer conversations agreed that Allen had missed his mark here, and had delivered a barely recognisable imitation of London and its inhabitants. few come out of this film with credit. Scarlett Johansson can't act but shows us she sure can shout - in scene after scene after scene. Bless. I guess that must have been her doing "angry". Mortimer, Cox and Wilton are cardboard cut outs, so 2 dimensional are their characters. On the plus side, Rupert Penry-Jones and James Nesbitt both managed their cameos with style and credibility. Go home Woody and leave English drama to the likes of Julian Fellowes and "Separate Lies".