A good movie

Ever since I saw ‘Manhattan Murder Mystery’ back then in the theater (almost 20 years ago… Dear, I feel old now…), I have been faithfully following Woody Allen through the years. Back then, I was a huge fan but, to be honest, even though I watch all his movies when I get the opportunity, I don’t care much about them anymore. The problem is that, nowadays, for every decent movie he makes, Allen has to make 4 very weak features. And the worst thing is that the ‘good’ movies are never really that amazing either. Take ‘Match Point’ for example. After it was released, there was a pretty good buzz about it so I was definitely eager to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was indeed pretty good but, honestly, nothing really amazing. The fact that I had some food poisoning or something like that maybe didn’t help so I might give it a 2nd chance at some point but, still, I‘m not really optimistic. The point is that the directing was indeed solid, there was a cool cast (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Ewen Bremner, James Nesbitt, Toby Kebbell) and I liked how all the characters were pretty much despicable. Still, there was something missing in the story to make it for me truly remarkable. To conclude, even though I was a little bit disappointed, it still remains a solid flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Woody Allen’s work.

7/10