Buy this item with Match Point [2006] DVD ~ Jonathan Rhys Meyers today!

Total RRP: £37.98 Buy Together Today: £9.95

Anything Else [2003] DVD ~ Woody Allen  (5)  £5.97

Melinda and Melinda [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) DVD ~ Wallace Shawn

The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion [2001] [2002] DVD ~ Woody Allen  (5)  £3.97

New York Stories [1989] DVD ~ Nick Nolte  (3)  £4.97

Match Point [2006] DVD ~ Jonathan Rhys Meyers  (64)  £4.98

› Explore similar items : DVD (45)

Amazon.co.uk Review
In Melinda and Melinda, Will Ferrell does a fine job playing Woody Allen--or at any rate, playing the fumbling, neurotic, lascivious character who appears in almost every Woody Allen movie (and is usually played by Allen himself). Hobie (Ferrell) is an unemployed actor who has fallen helplessly in love with Melinda (Radha Mitchell)--or at least with one version of Melinda, because Hobie's comic story runs parallel with a more serious version of the same plot, in which Melinda falls in love with a composer (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Melinda and Melinda is intended to be a sort of showdown between a comic and a tragic view of the world, but the comic story isn't all that funny and the tragic story isn't all that sad. You're more likely to feel annoyed by these characters than sympathetic to them, as they act more like Martians than New Yorkers; their responses and attitudes aren't exactly dated or implausible, they're mostly incomprehensible. The movie is still a step up from Anything Else, Allen's last effort; there are a handful of genuinely funny moments, Chloe Sevigny (as one of Melinda's best friends) and Mitchell are particularly good, and the turns of the two-fold plot--regardless of its genre--are engaging. However, these virtues will be best appreciated by those who are already Allen fans. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Synopsis
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 drama.

Anything Else [2003] DVD ~ Woody Allen  (5)  £5.97

Match Point [2006] DVD ~ Jonathan Rhys Meyers  (64)  £4.98

Mighty Aphrodite [1996] DVD ~ F. Murray Abraham  (8)  £4.97

Husbands And Wives [1992] DVD ~ Woody Allen  (4)  £4.97

Manhattan Murder Mystery [1993] DVD ~ Woody Allen  (11)  £4.97

› Explore similar items : DVD (47)