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There’s just a CRAZY amount of infidelity in Allen’s movies, his leads always the same stereotype of a guy… by my god are they annoyingly watchable.

Dialogue is wanky, like the rest. Funny, like the rest. It’s just very consistent, his movies are like a genre of their own, it’s really strange. There’s some lulls in this one however, so despite a good story, there’s a lot of lingering and rehashing that holds it back from being in the heights of Annie Hall or Manhattan - although far better than the lows of A Rainy Day in New York.

Jesse Eisenberg fully understands the assignment, and fully cosplays as a younger Woody Allen, although unlike Allen, I fully believe Eisenberg is in on the joke. Steve Carell is hilarious here, where he often is to be fair, but he plays the archetype of studio head well. Blake Lively rocking up in the 3rd act was a jump scare!

A middling entry in Allen’s filmography, it lacks the impact and true humour of other pictures, but it’s still a good watch nonetheless. Although I wouldn’t recommend this one as an entry point into his films if you were ever considering it.

light, very light

just okay. a like for the visuals, jesse eisenberg and kristen stewart but everything else is quite weak. we all know woody allen lost it a long time ago, but this narrative goes nowhere and the script does nothing. easily skippable unless you like blake lively; i don’t