i2ambler2002

While I enjoy some Woody Allen movies for his neurotic characters and basic existential themes - I am no fanboy. He seemed to be trying SO hard to throw in references to make sure it was "woody" enough. I was just waiting for there to be a mention of Satre, and I wasn't disappointed.. None, absolutely none, of these characters were enjoyable to me. While they resembled many other characters from Woody's previous films, they didn't have the charm of so many of his other characters. Biggs was a wimp.. but not in a cute way, more in a disgusting spineless idiot manner. Ricci was a "lost soul" like so many of the women in Allen's films.. But it seemed more like she was a soul who was driven to take advantage of those around her, with no feelings for anyone but herself. The mother was an extension of Ricci's character (annoyingly entitled and self-absorbed). So many of the themes seemed to be just thrown together in a disjointed stew. The entire survivalist thing.. was just out of place.

In all, after wasting almost two hours of my time on this movie, I wanted to put the DVD through the shredder. If this movie was by ANYONE other than Woody Allen - there would be very little positive reaction to this crap..