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Crumbling Marriage Couple Relations Infidelity Dishonesty Love and Romance Mind and Soul Unfulfillment Couples more...
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Comedy Drama Romance
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Contemporary 21st Century
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New York
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Date Night
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Original
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Talky
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Melinda and Melinda, 2004

Starring: Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Radha Mitchell, Jonny Lee Miller

Directed by: Woody Allen

Written by: Andy Borowitz

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 min

MPAA Rating: TV_MA

Rating:6.5

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The mood of Melinda and Melinda is clever, contemplative, and witty. The plot centers around a crumbling marriage, infidelity, and themes of unfulfillment. It is a drama, comedy, and romance movie. Stylistically, Melinda and Melinda is talky. The setting is New York. It happens in contemporary times. The musical score of Melinda and Melinda is jazz. The movie is known for being original. It is especially suggested for a date night. Note that Melinda and Melinda includes drugs/alcohol and sexual content.

Summary of Melinda and Melinda

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.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	28 January 2005
Runtime:	99 min

Cast and Crew See all

Wallace Shawn

as Sy

Larry Pine

as Max

Radha Mitchell

as Melinda Robacheau

Jonny Lee Miller

as Lee

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Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and director Woody Allen on the set of Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Radha Mitchell and director Woody Allen on the set of Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Will Ferrell, Radha Mitchell and Steve Carell in Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Chloe Sevigny and Radha Mitchell in Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Radha Mitchell in Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Will Ferrell and Amanda Peet in Melinda and Melinda (2004)

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San Francisco Chronicle

More accomplished, adventurous and original. Instead of Allen's usual investigation into the nature of existence, this new film looks at the way stories are created, particularly comedies. Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

Rolling Stone

With Melinda and Melinda he's (Allen) not just going through the motions. He's saying the game isn't over before you laugh till it hurts. Full Review

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by: Peter Travers

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Every one of the characters in this film speak attenuated, literary prose each to the other, without interruption, for the length of the film. My impression is that the script was sloppily written and then edited by a host of recent English lit.... Read and rate it

04.March.2011
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by: Dale Williams
Dale Williams rated this movie0/10

Since we won free tickets to see "Melinda and Melinda," it was pleasant to spend an evening mulling the tragic and comic faces of love as drawn by theatre types. Most of the acting is top-notch and the sets are right-on. The tragedy is a good... Read and rate it

06.September.2010
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by: jamidwyer
jamidwyer rated this movie0/10

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