Genre: Drama, Comedy, Infidelity, Marriage
Tagline: Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it.
Plot: MARCH 23, 2005 (EXPANDS)Woody Allen mixes the tragic with the comic in MELINDA AND MELINDA, a delightful, intelligent look at two versions of the same story. After hearing a tale about a quirky woman who walks in unexpectedly on a dinner party in an apartment in New York City, Sy (Wallace Shawn) expands it into a romantic comedy, while Max (Larry Pine) turns it into an urban tragedy. Allen intercuts between the two retellings, intermingling cause and effect, love and romance, failure and success, as Melinda creates havoc in both fictional worlds. Each story has its own cast: the comedy features Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, and Josh Brolin; the tragedy stars Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Radha Mitchell is the only repeat actor, playing both Melindas, and she does a tremendous job. Interestingly, the comic section is not a straight laughfest, like Allen's SLEEPERS, ANNIE HALL, or BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, and the more serious part is not nearly as dour as INTERIORS or ANOTHER WOMAN. Instead, Allen, who has been criticized by critics and fans alike for not making more funny films, has created two parallel universes that each combines aspects of comedy and tragedy, resulting in a wonderful, insightful
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 All in all, thoroughly Modern Melinda and Melinda, with its intelligent, perceptive and witty script, its high production values and stout acting is certainly among the highlights of Allen’s last ten years of output.  --Boyd van Hoeij
This is a dense, clever and provocative script, engaging and fascinating in its approach and nicely observing that we cry the very same tears for both sadness and joy.  --Rich Cline
Woody Allen’s best film for Quite Some Time, an inventive, intellectual comedy with an attractive cast and an amusing script. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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Woody Allen
Match Point, Everyone Says I Love You, Bullets Over Broadway |
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 | Brooke Smith
The Silence of the Lambs, Bad Company, Random Hearts |
 | Will Ferrell
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy |
 | Amanda Peet
Identity, The Whole Nine Yards, Changing Lanes |
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| Seeing Melinda & Melinda was like being in a room where a few really annoying people just will not shut up, and something is restricting you from leaving. C+ --Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
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