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I've just come from an advanced screening of this film here in Australia and must say that this movie had me cringing from the opening scene. That it is allegorical of Woody Allen's life is obvious. What makes the movie cringeworthy is the utter selfishness of every character. We're meant to have empathy for David's misanthropic character? Or his bimbo wife who ultimately cheats on him, or the sleazy guy who has no qualms about taking another man's wife? Her mother is a character who, like her ex-husband, undergoes a totally unbelievable transformation, and the denouement has all the characters who have either betrayed or been betrayed happy together. C'mon. This a movie with no heart, only selfish, unbelievable characters doing unbelievable things. If this movie is meant to be Woody Allen's exculpation of his own deeds, it fails and fails miserably.
score 3/10
greendistantstar-1 3 October 2009
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