"Melinda and Melinda" is the closest thing to a Woody Allen film Woody Allen has made in a long while. It's middle-rung Woody, but compared to such dismal efforts as "Hollywood Ending" and "Anything Else," the movie is a godsend. Well, maybe a relief is more like it. Read the full review
A serious playwright and a writer of farce engage in a friendly argument over whether life is tragic or comic. They agree that it's all about how you tell a story — which launches into the separate sagas of Melinda, a woman with a dark past, who disrupts a New York dinner party.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Will Ferrell, Radha Mitchell, Neil Pepe, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Larry Pine and Wallace Shawn
Run time: 100 minutes
Release date: March 18, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for adult situations involving sexuality and some substance material
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"Not Woody at his best, but at least a move in the right direction. ... There are some funny lines, and the cast is fun to watch."
Austin American-Statesman: 3 stars
"...a minor milestone for Woody Allen: It's his second watchable movie in a row."
Dayton Daily News: B
"... saved by the humor that bubbles in it. That's Allen's perpetual fountain."
The Palm Beach Post: C-
"...without much humor or anything worth mulling, the result is two unsatisfying, stilted movies for the price of one."
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