Melinda and Melinda PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 25, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Will Ferrell, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Sevigny & Chiwetel Ejiofor | |
Performer: | Larry Pine, Shalom Harlow, Vanessa Shaw & Josh Brolin | |
Directed by | Woody Allen | |
Screenwriting by | Woody Allen | |
Produced by | Letty Aronson | |
Director of Photography: | Vilmos Zsigmond | |
Executive Production by | Stephen Tenenbaum |
Entertainment Reviews:
[With] much philosophical pondering and a plethora of funny, fatalistic lines...
Uncut
Rating: 3/4 --
The Shawn character says, 'Moments of humor do exist (in life). I exploit them, but in a tragic context.' Allen couldn't have said it better himself.
Houston Chronicle
Rating: 3.5/5 --
All the inner workings of "Melinda and Melinda" show that Allen has finally risen above, returned to his position as a fine filmmaker.
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Film Threat
[S]mart, satisfying and compact....It's Woody Allen's best outing in many years.
USA Today
Rating: B- --
It's middle-rung Woody, but compared to such dismal efforts as "Hollywood Ending" and "Anything Else," the movie is a godsend.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A movie just shouldn't feel like homework. And with the constant shift in stories and repeatedly reinvented characters, unless you're in the mood for taking notes, you're going to feel like you're invited to rehearsals, rather than the finished product.
Long Island Press
Rating: 3/5 --
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Product Description:
Woody Allen mixes the tragic with the comic in MELINDA AND MELINDA, a delightful, intelligent look at two versions of the same story. After hearing a tale about a quirky woman who walks in unexpectedly on a dinner party in an apartment in New York City, Sy (Wallace Shawn) expands it into a romantic comedy, while Max (Larry Pine) turns it into an urban tragedy. Allen intercuts between the two retellings, intermingling cause and effect, love and romance, failure and success, as Melinda creates havoc in both fictional worlds. Each story has its own cast: the comedy features Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, and Josh Brolin; the tragedy stars Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Radha Mitchell is the only repeat actor, playing both Melindas, and she does a tremendous job. Interestingly, the comic section is not a straight laughfest, like Allen's SLEEPERS, ANNIE HALL, or BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, and the more serious part is not nearly as dour as INTERIORS or ANOTHER WOMAN. Instead, Allen, who has been criticized by critics and fans alike for not making more funny films, has created two parallel universes that each combines aspects of comedy and tragedy, resulting in a wonderful, insightful drama.
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