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Melinda and Melinda

2004

Woody Allen

Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny ...

6.7

21,674

Comedy. Drama Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained - the fragility of love, marital infidelity, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A movie about the symbiosis of the filmmaker and the audience (...) [Allen] shows us how he does it and how we do it. In its complexity and wit, this is one of his best recent films (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is a playful but strained and obtuse attempt to separate the comic and the tragic (...) Can no one persuade this remarkable director that we don't need a new film from him every year?"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"It has great performances, snappy one-liners and a likeably tricksy structure, all wrapped up in an affirmative antidote to life's daunting complexities (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"With a grabber performance by Radha Mitchell as both Melindas, this dually plotted exercise is fun to see and even fun to ruminate about (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Woody's back on solid ground with his first memorable pic of the new millennium"	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"A second-rate comedy and a third-rate drama, Melinda And Melinda gives viewers two unsatisfying movies in one"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'Melinda and Melinda' is Woody Allen's first film since 'Deconstructing Harry' (1997) that's not dull, flawed, overly nostalgic or some deadly combination of all three."	POS

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