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Alynda Wheat, People: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Woody Allen amuses but isn't at his best in this yarn about untangling relationships that ends with too many frayed bits." (Read the full review...) 34 words, 09/23/10 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE (cg) "...there are some laughs to be had here and there at the sheer absurdity of it all. But mostly these people feel shallow, and it's hard to muster much enthusiasm for their foibles." (Read the full review...) 685 words, 09/20/10 Bradley Jacobs, Us Weekly: MODERATE (cg) "Woody Allen once again explores marital dissatisfaction but breaks no new ground.... overall, it's one of his more sluggish efforts." (Read the full review...) 76 words, 09/30/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a toss-away romantic square dance... lackluster..." (Read the full review...) 250 words, 09/24/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE (cg) "...feels half-hearted.... the characters are thinly drawn.... Most maddening is how the movie trails off instead of concluding. It's as if Allen wasn't terribly invested in his own tale." (Read the full review...) 496 words, 09/22/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...every frame a Woody Allen film, but it isn't very much more. Perhaps the title provides a clue." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 09/30/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "There are hints of farce, droplets of melodrama, a few dangling loose ends and an overall mood of sloppy, tolerant cynicism." (Read the full review...) 987 words, 09/22/10 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "You might find a few answers to life's big questions here, but even if you don't, some solid laughs and several memorable moments are a fair return for the price of a movie ticket." (Read the full review...) 334 words, 09/24/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: MODERATE "Allen is still clever, still amusing, and the film itself is a confection tempting enough to consider a taste. Yet there is that empty-calorie letdown after it's over." (Read the full review...) 735 words, 09/22/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "A strong cast is the main asset... mechanically recycles Allen's oh-so-familiar themes in a London setting to somewhat wheezy if moderately funny effect." (Read the full review...) 348 words, 09/22/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "...sometimes feels like several one-act plays sewn together. Still, Allen remains a master at sketching people just lightly and finely enough that they become convincing, unpredictable and engrossing." (Read the full review...) 303 words, 09/22/10 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Allen has settled into a new groove. But it's not a deep or enlivening one.... He's gracefully going through the motions to keep emotions at bay." (Read the full review...) 740 words, 09/21/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...every frame a Woody Allen film, but it isn't very much more. Perhaps the title provides a clue." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 09/30/10 Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "Kept afloat by a great cast... a mildly entertaining but heavily trodden comedy..." (Read the full review...) 773 words, 09/22/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "Over-written and under-realized, it's Allen in desultory word-processor mode, barely able to muster even his usual amount of resigned cynicism about this crazy ol' life." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 10/01/10 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "...neither fairly good nor really bad." (Read the full review...) 553 words, 10/01/10 Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Woody Allen may have personal flaws, but you have to give him credit - they seem to fuel his best work." (Read the full review...) 248 words, 09/30/10
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...grim and slightly implausible, but not unrelentingly so. It's a highbrow romantic farce, without the laughs." (Read the full review...) 674 words, 10/08/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Among the bleaker and more laughless of Woody Allen endeavors... Which is not to say that Allen's stellar cast doesn't try to inject passion and pathos into the proceedings." (Read the full review...) 474 words, 10/08/10 Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "...would be considered trite if made by another filmmaker, and yet it has such a family resemblance to other, better Woody Allen movies that it's easy to stick with it and enjoy it." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 10/08/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK (cg) "A mirthless, joyless comedy with nary a hint of romance, mystery or justification for its existence..." (Read the full review...) 612 words, 10/15/10 Peter Schilling, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...among Woody Allen's best. A great cast cycles through familiar territory - family dysfunction, love, romance, infidelity..." (Read the full review...) 370 words, 10/08/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "On the one hand, there's the outstanding cast, which includes Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Freida Pinto, Antonio Banderas and Gemma Jones. On the other hand, there's everything else." (Read the full review...) 514 words, 10/08/10 Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: MODERATE (cg) "...the dark and dismal view of 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger' fails to convince: This film isn't about the human condition; it's about the Woody Allen condition." (Read the full review...) 605 words, 10/08/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "...never rings true." (Read the full review...) 540 words, 10/01/10 Stephen Whitty, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...typically hit or miss. But while modest, still one of Allen's better recent works." (Read the full review...) 547 words, 10/15/10 John Hartl, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...seems to be shooting fish in a barrel. Then it suddenly shifts gears and takes a warmer, less-sarcastic approach to its rather brittle characters." (Read the full review...) 537 words, 10/08/10 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "...familiar but pleasing." (Read the full review...) 241 words, 10/15/10 Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...easily as satisfying as 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (2008) and far superior to 'Whatever Works.' " (Read the full review...) 327 words, 10/15/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT (cg) "...classic Woody -- an ensemble cast of brilliant actors, a timeless story that could be set virtually anywhere and crisp writing and direction that neither lollygags or rushes." (Read the full review...) 305 words, 10/15/10 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) "...tired." (Read the full review...) 552 words, 10/08/10
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "Kept afloat by a great cast... a mildly entertaining but heavily trodden comedy..." (Read the full review...) 773 words, 09/22/10 A.S. Hamrah, Boston Phoenix: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Can films be mellow and bitter at the same time?" (Read the full review...) 628 words, 09/30/10 Scott Tobias, AV Club: FAIR (cg) "...most of the subplots end with a shrug or a question mark. It's all loose ends, signifying nothing." (Read the full review...) 395 words, 09/23/10 Fernando F. Croce, Slant: WEAK (cg) "The older Woody Allen gets, the more the nebbish-jester mask dissolves to reveal the pinched sneerer underneath. Can a longtime comedy writer really be this unwarmed by life?" (Read the full review...) 490 words, 09/20/10 Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Woody Allen may have personal flaws, but you have to give him credit - they seem to fuel his best work." (Read the full review...) 248 words, 09/30/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: EXCELLENT (cg) "...all about walking that fine line between tragedy and comedy, and Allen pulls it off with panache." (Read the full review...) 613 words, 10/18/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...good and very pleasurable provided you know what you're getting into, which is a comic roundelay of amorous ambitions and delusions -- punctuated by wistful old ballads..." (Read the full review...) 350 words, 09/24/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "There are hints of farce, droplets of melodrama, a few dangling loose ends and an overall mood of sloppy, tolerant cynicism." (Read the full review...) 987 words, 09/22/10 David Denby, New Yorker: GOOD "Much of the writing is good, and the acting is superb, but the constant wrangling wore me out at times.... however, it's admirably staged and edited, with several sequences that are breathtaking..." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 09/20/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Allen is still clever, still amusing, and the film itself is a confection tempting enough to consider a taste. Yet there is that empty-calorie letdown after it's over." (Read the full review...) 735 words, 09/22/10
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: FAIR "...a curdled blend of cynicism and superiority gives 'Stranger,' for all its incidental amusements and visual pleasures, such a sour aftertaste." (Read the full review...) 937 words, 05/15/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...has a few good laughs... Allen's characters feel more like puppets rather than human beings with natural instincts and lucid senses." (Read the full review...) 917 words, 05/15/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Allen is still clever, still amusing, and the film itself is a confection tempting enough to consider a taste. Yet there is that empty-calorie letdown after it's over." (Read the full review...) 735 words, 09/22/10 Patrick Z. McGavin, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...streaked with moments of intermittent laughs, colorful observations and a playful and open structure that allows some good actors to have fun with their parts." (Read the full review...) 986 words, 05/16/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "There are hints of farce, droplets of melodrama, a few dangling loose ends and an overall mood of sloppy, tolerant cynicism." (Read the full review...) 987 words, 09/22/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...good and very pleasurable provided you know what you're getting into, which is a comic roundelay of amorous ambitions and delusions -- punctuated by wistful old ballads..." (Read the full review...) 350 words, 09/24/10
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