I think this is the best of Woody in his mediocre period.

Hey, this one's actually really good, mostly because Jason Biggs is fantastic as the Woody Allen substitute! It's a lot of fun to see him go toe-to-toe with Woody at Woody's own game. There's also good stuff from Danny DeVito, some superb jokes and gorgeous photography. "I resented the fact that they implied that Auschwitz was basically just a theme park."

"never trust a naked bus driver"

Depressing.

Subpar Woody Allen, but still Woody. He's got the best bits as a suppoprting player, while leads Biggs and Ricci are painful.

Christina Ricci is borderline unwatchable in a regular film; in a Woody Allen movie she is, somehow, even worse. Ordinary actors are generally elevated by his writing, but ironically the opposite is true here. Jason Biggs is not much better. At least Woody and DeVito are great.

Unfairly gets lumped in with the down cycle of one of America's greatest filmmakers.

Sorely misguided and ill-advised . . . but still having a basic level of professionalism and quality that we have come to expect from Woody.

Average. Biggs and Ricci aren't right at all, the material was over their heads. It's got a lot of stuff that feels recycled from past Allen films. Also, there are some long close-ups that feel very awkward and inappropriate (that Bergman influence, no doubt). But, there are a few laugh-out-loud moments.

As a big fan of Woody Allen, I would say that this is not one of the best of it. But it still has some good moments, especially when it appears.

Slightly above-average if you can get past Jason Biggs doing his best Woody Allen and Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off impressions the entire movie.

overwhelming towards the end.

Not great Allen, but good nonetheless. Christina Ricci is so good in this evil part that I want to kill her, and I am a non-violent pussycat of a man.