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Suspenseful Clever Captivating Tense
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Moral Dilemma Siblings Relations Murder Crimes Investigation Gambling Deadly Dishonesty more...
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Crime Thriller Neo Noir Drama
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Contemporary 21st Century
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England London
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Twists and Turns
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Cassandra's Dream, 2007

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell

Directed by: Woody Allen

Written by: Woody Allen

Language: English

Country: USA, UK, France

Runtime: 108 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:6.8

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The mood of Cassandra's Dream is suspenseful, tense, and clever. The plot centers around a moral dilemma, sibling relations, and murder. It is a thriller, crime, and drama movie. Stylistically, Cassandra's Dream is neo-noir and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is London. Cassandra's Dream happens in contemporary times. Note that it includes mild violent content and sexual content.

Summary of Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, while brother Ian (McGregor) hankers for the finer things when he starts dating a very ambitious actress (Hayley Atwell). Fate deals a hand when their rich American uncle (Tom Wilkinson) slinks into London with a murderous proposition.

Named for the boat the lads buy during a rare flush moment--a symbol of the morally compromising power of money and the inevitability, perhaps, of fate--CASSANDRA'S DREAM is another of Allen's loving looks at moneyed urbanites and their penchant for living out Greek tragedy, a la MATCH POINT and CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. This time around, it's a bit darker, but with Farrell and McGregor in the leads, there's plenty of star power. The lads are clearly having a ball acting under Allen's direction, and they're allowed to develop a charming, rapid-fire fraternal rapport that carries the film--along with Wilkinson's old-school gravitas and Atwell's luminous charisma. Phillip Glass composed the score.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, UK, France
Release date:	8 October 2007
Runtime:	108 min

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Ewan McGregor

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Colin Farrell

as Terry

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The New Yorker

Ewan McGregor’s bright-eyed Ian, following in the footsteps of characters in Allen’s “Crimes and Misdemeanors” and “Match Point,” is a study in guilt-free violence. But Colin Farrell’s Terry is something new. Terry is a decent guy with many... Full Review

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by: David Denby

Entertainment Weekly

Allen's latest, Cassandra's Dream, is one of his debonair ''small'' entertainments, the closest that he has come to doing a tidy, no-frills, down-and-dirty genre thriller. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

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I really wanted to like this movie. However, the script is boring. What should have been a tense story about the choices we make and the consequences of them turns out to be a flat, uninvolving, emotionless film. Both leads, Colin Farrell and Ewan... Read and rate it

10.September.2010
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by: andrea
andrea rated this movie0/10

This is almost the same plot as 'Crimes & Misdemeanors' only it is not as interesting. Read and rate it

14.October.2009
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by: randyoh
randyoh rated this movie0/10

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