YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
Funny and insightful despite some unsexy sexual references and one too many dad jokes – it’s a new Woody Allen film!
A dispirited, elderly widow hanging on her fortune-teller’s every word leads this ensemble comedy, alongside her youth-obsessed ex-husband and his sex kitten, her pervy son-in-law with writer’s block, and her aspiring daughter. It’s a level playing field when it comes to passion, ambition and neurosis, and even when the stakes seem cringingly far-fetched,
Allen is there to reassure you that it could happen to you. Fun performances from
Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Gemma Jones, Roger Ashton-Griffiths and Naomi
Watts, with an unfortunately average performance from No Country For Old Men hero Josh Brolin. Yep, life is meaningless and if you wish upon a star, be careful what you wish for! (DZ) ***
