An average movie

I really wanted to like this movie... But all things considered, I must admit that it was rather disappointing.  The first issue I had was that the two main characters were rather unlikable. Indeed, Abe Lucas was pretty much a drunk who happened to have read a lot of books. However, thanks to a very good performance by Joaquin Phoenix, he was still intriguing to watch. Unfortunately, from the moment that he killed a man that he barely knew  just to feel alive, it became pretty much impossible to root for the guy. Concerning the other lead character,  also very well played by the lovely Emma Stone, she was pretty much a promiscuous rich spoiled girl who didn't seem to have any issue with first telling her boyfriend that she loved him and then, 5 minutes later, to hook up with her philosophy teacher. However, the main issue was that the whole thing wasn't really funny or entertaining. The mistake made by Woody Allen, in my opinion, is that he thought that there was something supposedly hilarious to have someone killing someone else rather at random. I mean, Alfred Hitchcock made an amazing film called 'Rope' which was pretty much about the same subject, a perfect murder made for some philosophical reasons and it was just fascinating. This movie did work because it was a nail-biting thriller and that movie didn’t work because it was supposed to be a comedy when there was absolutely nothing really funny about the subject. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch though, especially thanks to the fine actors involved but it was pretty much another minor effort for Woody Allen, I'm afraid. 

6/10