Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

SnoopyStyle Psychologist Steffi Dandridge (Goldie Hawn) and lawyer Bob Dandridge (Alan Alda) head a liberal upper class Manhattan family. The extended family includes Steffi's ex Joe Berlin (Woody Allen), their daughter Djuna Berlin (Natasha Lyonne), Skylar (Drew Barrymore), Lane (Gaby Hoffmann), Laura (Natalie Portman), grandpa with dementia and the black sheep Republican son Scott (Lukas Haas). Holden Spence (Edward Norton) is in love with Skylar. Von (Julia Roberts) is one of Steffi's patients. Charles Ferry (Tim Roth) is an ex-con.This is a Woody Allen musical. The music is easy listening and everybody does a good job singing. Some are surprisingly good but the songs aren't terribly challenging. The overwhelming family can be hard to take. I would have preferred some trimming of the family tree. It would have been better to concentrate on one relationship. The effect is a bit scatter shot.

petarmatic I really liked this film! They do not make musicals any more in those old fashion ways any more. And what a cast of actors! All of them were fantastic, but somehow Alan Alda and Woody Alen stick out! How could they not make people like Alan Alda more often? I mean the little greys. They clone, right? Perfect actors like Alan Alda could not be conceived in the normal way. I figure he is cloned ;) Dialogues are fantastic so are the music pieces. All in all if you want to put a smile on your face, and take a trip in a world where most of people never venture, make sure you see this film.

KineticSeoul Now I did like the old school style direction when it came to this musical. And the musical numbers is good and even cute in some cases. But despite how it tries to go in that sweet and meaningful direction of it all, it just didn't work all together. This has multiple different subplots going but it just wasn't all that effective. Even if it does kinda tie together in the end for the most part. With Woody Allen's character story as the primary. Although I didn't really watch this for Woody Allen but for Edward Norton, who is almost impossible to dislike. This just wasn't all that absorbing despite it trying to be sweet and charming, I just didn't fall for it. The plot is about characters trying to find there path, which revolves around love, sex, fantasies, politics, enjoying life, Christian and atheist views. It even tries to be witty and edgy but wasn't feeling it. Like I said it does tie together in the end but not all that well. Fans of Woody Allen might like this film, it does have a lot of his trademarks in this. Woody Allen put a lot of ideas into this movie, but everything just seemed so rushed and poorly developed. It seem to lack heart and goes more towards opinionated life views, which isn't even all that deep. Edward Norton is always cool though. And the musical number and choreography is good but also forgettable. This movie is about a hour and a half long but felt longer. It's disappointing since this has a good cast.3.6/10

runamokprods A cute, inventive film with a couple of great musical numbers, and some fun characters (Tim Roth in particular is terrific), but lacking any sense of depth. For me, this doesn't hold up on repeated viewings nearly as well as most Allen films. It feels more one joke on returning to it. Almost every Allen film I've seen has only grown on me with time, with additional layers and themes becoming evident. This was a rare exception.Still Allen's overall playful use of musical techniques makes this worth at least one viewing. I'd still rather see a flawed work by a master, than most of what's available.