Tommy Vercetti Reviews

During his career going over 5 decades, Woody Allen has always managed to get some of the best actors around and I think it is with this movie that he might have managed to get the most impressive cast (Woody Allen himself, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Natalie Portman, Goldie Hawn, Billy Crudup, Tim Roth, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Alda, Gaby Hoffmann, Lukas Haas,  Robert Knepper). However, a great cast doesn’t mean that you will get automatically a great movie, I’m afraid. Indeed, even though it was definitely not among his worst work, it was still pretty damned average. Indeed, following ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ which had a Greek chorus, Allen thought it was time to make his very own musical and even though it must has sounded really neat to him, it didn’t work very well after all. Indeed, when you have such an interesting cast, it seemed to be a waste to just have them wandering around and deliver randomly some rather fluffy songs. Surprisingly, Roger Ebert thought it was actually one of the best movies from this director but Ebert has always been more keen on musicals than I ever was. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it was a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Woody Allen’s work.