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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859650/

Tarantino

Looks okay. Great cast...except for Page.

Dr. DVD

Seems Allen now has a preference to making movies utilizing Europe as opposed to New York. Can't figure out all of the hate for Ellen Page. She's not a great actress, but I don't find her as grating as others. Saw Ornella Muti listed in the credits, been a while since we've seen her, but I'll never forget the feelings she gave me as a kid in Flash Gordon.

Supermallet

If anyone can pull a good performance out of a mediocre actor, it's Woody Allen.

Coral

So recently he's done England a few times, Spain, France and now Italy.

I think his movies are being planned around his vacations.

BambooLounge

Easier for him to get financing in Europe than America.

Shannon Nutt

Nice to see Woody actually IN one of his films again...I don't think he's been in one for a while. Seems that way.

riotinmyskull

SCOOP is the last one i believe

Supermallet

Speaking of, when was the last time Judy Davis was in one of his movies? Husbands and Wives?

Hazel Motes

Celebrity 1998
Deconstructing Harry 1997

Hazel Motes

Thats really the opposite of what Woody Allen does. Scarlett Johansson's worst performances are in Woody's films.

Solid Snake

I liked her in Match Point.

JumpCutz

To be fair, Scarlett Johansson is a bad actress. Aside from Lost in Translation, she is truly awful in everything.

I never understood Woody's infatuation with her. Well, other than her physical charms.

Hazel Motes

I wonder if Scarlett put out for Woody. I thought in general she was pretty bad in all 3 films they made together. In particular Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Some of her scenes in VCB were so self aware it fucking amazes me Woody didn't fire her outright.

CaptainMarvel

Saw this today... I honestly thought it was kind of a mess.

Solid Snake

so it's the bad Allen film, eh? Can't wait to see the good one he makes.

JumpCutz

You didn't say what I think you just said...did you Snake?

Solid Snake

I'm not sure. He goes through phases. He does a string of good then goes bad..then good. It's a weird effect he has.

I wanted this to be good considering I've really liked some of this post 2000 stuff. And that Midnight in Paris was great. Guess he had to dip down in quality if MiP was really good.

JumpCutz

Okay, I misinterpreted what you wrote. I thought you meant that he hasn't made ANY good films as of yet. My fault, as I hastily read your post.

I agree with you for the most part, but I'd much rather watch a mediocre Allen film than most of the mainstream crap that populates the multiplexes.

dex14

Saw it this weekend and didn't care for it all. My least favorite of the European set films.

BambooLounge

I saw this the past weekend and enjoyed it. I thought the structure was one of Allen's more ambitious as he basically attempted to recreate those old Italian multi-director omnibus films that used to be really popular (see: Boccaccio 70), but tackle it on his own.

Unlike, his other European-set films he clearly drew on the cinematic history of Italy in this one whether it was lifting the basic plot of Fellini's The White Sheik for one of the subplots or invoking the feel of La Dolce Vita during the Eisenberg-Page storyline. Even Benigni's storyline felt like something Monicelli could have done.

In terms of style, it was interesting to see Allen channeling other filmmakers. And unlike when he made his "Bergman film," he was channeling multiple directors in To Rome with Love, which I really enjoyed. Then again, I love classic Italian cinema so I'm a sucker for homage pieces like this from talented directors who share that love (see also: Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna).

Giles

I agree. I thought this was Allen at his worst.

Matthew Chmiel

Allen fucked up by not making it an anthology film and telling each individual story on its own a la Paris, Je t'aime. Having all the stories run together makes the film a (boring) mess.

The Bus

Saw this last night and enjoyed it. Sure, it's light-hearted, but that doesn't make it less entertaining.