No game, set and match for this film..

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2006)

Quite possibly one of the worst films I have seen. The script was bland, the story plot was not really there, and the acting was cringe-worthy.
On first inspection of the cast list I was excited to see the film, as I have been pleasantly surprised by their other films. However, the dialogue was slow, almost as if they had only just learnt their lines.I understand that Mr.Allen was perhaps going for the 'reality' view point, and therefore keeping in lines upon which the actors stumbled, and spoke over one another, but instead it just felt unprofessional.
The quality of acting was actually quite upsetting, at one point actually making me laugh out loud at how bad it was (Scarlett Johansson). They just didn't seem as if they wanted to be there, and the only passion exhibited was during the 'love' scenes.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers had put on a somewhat English accent, which was rather confusing when the other characters called him 'Irish'
The plot which was uninspiring, didn't emerge until the end, and by then it was too late.
All in all a disappointing film,