Melinda and Melinda

[Brian in Mesa]

Melinda and Melinda

Release Date: March 18, 2005 (NY; wider release: March 23)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for adult situations involving sexuality, and some substance material)
Website: Melinda and Melinda

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny, Wallace Shawn

Plot Summary: Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained - the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, "He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place."

 

[maddogkf]

I refuse to watch anything by Woody Allen

 

[maddogkf]

...altough I love Will Ferrell and I lust over Amanda Peet, so maybe I'll watch this one

 

[Chaplin]

I refuse to watch anything by Woody Allen

My guess is that you've never even tried to watch anything by Woody Allen. Correct? The guy may be a scumbag, but he makes great films and is still the best comedic film writer today.

 

[devilalum]

I refuse to watch anything by Woody Allen

Allen doesn't have anything on Polanski but both are great artists.

 

[thirty-two]

I'm kind of interested to see Will Farrell in a semi-serious role

 

[Pariah]

mmmmm...Amanda Peet.

 

[cardsunsfan]

mmmmm...Amanda Peet.

I can't remember what movie it was but she was really good in that movie where she was nude...