Not That Funny

Rating: 6/10 (7 December 2008)

This film has intelligence and is well filmed. BUT - it suffers from too many words and is overly long. Generally Woody Allen puts all this relationship angst about falling in and out of love into comedy. This movie was not particularly funny. It comes off as intellectually strained - we are told over and over that Cristina is unhappy with her boring husband. Also, I kept thinking, where are these two women getting the money to eat in lavish restaurants - one is a student and the other is an amateur film-maker. Surely the artist they meet, who is driving a fancy sports car and lives in a picturesque home can't be making any money from those atrocious paintings we see. Towards the end Cristina leaves for Paris which is far more expensive than Spain. Where's the money? Only Penelope Cruz infuses needed energy into this movie.