Movie #540 .........................'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger"

Movie #540 "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" is what I would consider a slight film --- and from Woody Allen, I expect so much more. I recently watched the PBS documentary on Mr. Allen and discovered that there are really just a handful of films of his I haven't seen, and this was one of them. Well, sufficeth it to say, this isn't one of his top 10, by any means. The story is kind of witty is a couple of places, and I don't want to give anything away, but some is just lame, because it is so typical ---- older man going through change of life so he gives up his wife for a young blonde who is boffing her physical trainer in the locker room and he catches her.............duh! oh so original ----------not! But then another line of the story is about a writer who has writer's block and after reading someone else's work schemes to make it his own --- that one was a breath of fresh air, I thought. The actors aren't really capable of pulling off Woody's dialogue ------except for the woman and the tea leaf reader that she goes to --- both are accomplished brits (oh, and so is Anthony Hopkins as the older husband going through mid life crisis) But the others, fall short, and that affects a Woody Allen movie, too. And now that I know how he casts the films, I can see how he sometimes ends up with mediocre people --- but I'm surprised he didn't replace some of these, unless in mid stream he decided himself that this wasn't going to be another "Annie Hall" or "Hannah and her sisters" and just soldiered on to completion. So, bottom line, this is one of the Woody Allen movies you could skip, sorry to say.





I rate this 3 out of 5 stars
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
(2010) R
After her husband's (Anthony Hopkins) midlife crisis drives him into the arms of a younger woman (Lucy Punch), Helena (Gemma Jones) consults a psychic (Pauline Collins) to learn what fate has in store for her and is told that she'll soon meet a tall, dark stranger who will become the love of her life. Meanwhile, the pair's daughter (Naomi Watts) and her husband (Josh Brolin) grapple with their own extramarital attractions.
Genre:Comedies, Independent Movies, Romantic Movies, Romantic Comedies, Independent Comedies, Romantic Independent Movies
This movie is:Romantic, Witty