Another Signature Woody Allen FilmEven More Promiscuous than Usual

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2016)

The Descriptive "Auteur" is Used Liberally at times but in this case it is Precisely Perfect. Could Anyone possibly watch Woody Allen's Annual Contribution and Homage to "Art" and not Immediately "See" that it is a Woody Allen Film.
His Signature is as Recognizable as "John Hancock". No One Else could have Made or even Attempts to make Films like the Woodster. His Films Stand Alone amongst the Plethora, Flaws and All, and Announce Themselves as..."Here's Woody".
This One has many of the Characteristics of His later Movies. A Foreign Location, Impeccably and Beautifully Shot with Artistic Zeal. Fantastic Actors, Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, and Penelope Cruz. A sharply Minimalist Script with pronouncements of Insight and Wonder about the state of the Human Condition.
The Angst riddled Male-Female Relationships among the Intelligentsia and Artistic Community is Nothing New for Woody. But Here He goes more Sensual and Sexual than Usual. It's a Fun Movie but it's not all Fun and Games and is Painful at times. After all "Life is full of pain", so why not Enjoy what One Can, so to Speak.
The Movie Never Gets Woody Allen Funny as it seems to be more Concerned with Experimentation and "Living" without the Cushion of the Comedic. It's an Adult Tale told with Progressive Adults in Mind and Comes with a Warning about such Promiscuous Behaviour, but because it is Woody Allen, it is a Mild Warning at best. You Decide if You want to Play.