No favoritism for Woody

Rating: 5/10 (25 August 2013)

In order to do a honest review, we have to show no favoritism. And if this was a love letter to Rome, it was nothing more than a tourist postcard.
The storyline with Woody Allen is passable. I hated the boyfriend. Making him so annoying was a mistake. Woody had a few good lines but he was the only highlight.
Penélope Cruz is another who's alone in her storyline. She had no help. The guy is doing a nervous Woody and doing it badly. The girl is naive, and separated from the other half of their storyline.
Did anybody find the Roberto Benigni storyline funny? At best, it was cute, but it was never funny.
Jesse Eisenberg's storyline actually had some fun especially with commentator Alec Baldwin. Although, I thought Ellen Page had absolutely no chemistry with Jesse. I get the story was for Jesse to go against the grain. But Jesse and Greta Gerwig share so many of the same mannerism. It just works so much better with Greta.
Everywhere there were problems.... and tourists... both distracting.