I'm glad I didn't pay to see this...

Rating: 3/10 (21 August 2009)

The only positive thing I could say about this movie is that I watched it for free on TV and didn't actually have to pay for it. Otherwise this is incredibly boring and pointless. It lasts less than an hour and a half but it feels like a 3 hour movie, that's how boring it is! You basically get the usual Hollywood love triangle plot with a few twists, which would've been thought-provoking if not outright shocking... 20 years ago. The problem is that we've gotten so used to these kind of twists in the past 20 years (Desperate Housewives, Sex in the City, Jerry Springer,... need I say more?) that they hardly come as a surprise to anyone anymore. So yeah I guess it can still be considered as thought-provoking for some conservative Mid-Western type who still don't have a TV in their houses and see a movie once every decade, otherwise this comes off as deja-vu a million times. Which is terribly disappointing when coming from Woody Allen who has made a reputation precisely out of creating unique situations and original story lines.