An average movie

Even if I have lost faith a long time ago in Woody Allen, I still keep watching his new movies once in a while, for old times' sake. Some of them (a very few) get some good reviews but, in my opinion, he hasn't done anything really great for at least two decades. Anyway, this movie was a very average one, that's for sure. This time, Larry David plays the typical Woody Allen character but this version was even more obnoxious, vicious and mean than usual. At least, he was very funny and some of his dialogues were just hilarious which is something Woody Allen still can deliver. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the other characters. Indeed, the character played by Evan Rachel Wood and her parents were just terrible. Indeed, I thought that Wood was really not convincing or maybe it was just that her character was just poorly written, I don't know. It was just striking that the main character was really interesting whereas this young girl was just some pathetic caricature. To make them a couple was also rather ridiculous as if Woody Allen still needs to believe that a 20 year old girl could still fall for someone like him. To conclude, in my opinion, it is one of the weakest movies directed by Woody Allen, even worse than 'Scoop' or 'Cassandra's dream', fortunately, Larry David made the whole thing watchable and I guess it is worth a look if you are die hard fan of Woody Allen's work but don't expect anything remotely amazing before watching the damned thing.

6/10