I give the movie 9 out of 10 - for the cute Italian actress and the helpful, rather unsubtle warning that a relationship with a Hollywood actress is a thing better left alone.

Rating: 9/10 (30 June 2016)

I give the movie 9 out of 10 - for the cute Italian actress, the beautiful Roman scenery and the helpful, rather unsubtle warning that a relationship with a Hollywood actress is a thing better left alone. However, I give this movie one complete point of deduction for being, in my humble opinion, utter rubbish! Just Because Mr. Woody Allen is confused and clearly overburdened by the task of finding a meaning to life, does not mean that he has to torture his audience as well with his lack of purpose. I don't know, perhaps in America Mr. Woody Allen is beyond criticism, and therefore the American audience and his peers regard his work as brilliant no matter how bad it is. Regardless how many movie stars you put into a production, the film remains bad, if the script is bad. This being said, I do admit there was a kind of genius in some of the sub-plots of the movie - you just had to dig very deep to find it, below all the layers of rubbish covering it. So my advice to Mr. Woody Allen is this: You can do better! Just keep it real - less madness and more realism!