Highly overrated, erotic fantasies of aging Woody Allen don't make for a good movie...

Rating: 3/10 (6 December 2008)

What a bore. I am just back from the cinema and highly disappointed with this movie. I am a fan of Woody Allen's early work (like "Manhattan" etc) and was delighted to read that with this movie, he was said to be back to his "old style". What? OK. Let's be fair. It was esthetically filmed and not a complete nuisance to watch, with good actors. But that's all. That's why I give 3 out of 10. Basically, the story is very dull. It's a mediocre piece of work (ok, Allen is no genius, but at least he used to be pretty entertaining). It made me think "is this showing the aging Woody Allen's erotic fantasies?". What is the message? There is no plot that is worth the mention. And character development? No. The passion(s) that develop are not even that: developed! They are not credible. I felt that the audience is made believe that the shown emotions exist this way - but it's that: make-believe. I did not believe much of what I saw, and, perhaps more sadly, I could not care less for it anyway. A "wanna-be-exotic-and-interesting" movie. Dull dull dull.