Melinda und Melinda (2004)

Melinda und Melinda: Directed by Woody Allen. With Wallace Shawn, Neil Pepe, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Larry Pine. Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda’s attempts to straighten out her life.

“I thought that this film is right out of the classic Woody Allen mode. His theme of having events determined by others — in this case, the writers — was reminiscent of his one-act plays, u0026quot;Godu0026quot; and u0026quot;Death,u0026quot; and follows the tracks of the worldview he has always explored in his films. It was very well-written and crafted, an enjoyable night at the flicks.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne thing that struck me is that the character played by Will Ferrell is exactly the part that Woody can no longer play because heu0026#39;s too old. It was not long into the film before I discerned that these are lines that Woody had written for himself, the character heu0026#39;d always played, but a younger man was delivering them for him. And that only added to the charm of the film for me.”