The worst Woody Allen movie I've ever seen. Any theme he's tackled before with grace is shown here in dilapidated and shallow form. There's a waste of talent from cast to crew; everyone's doing their best but they're just trapped inside this awful, aimless, and boring story that requires an annoying narrator to inform you how meaningless it is. The great British aristocratic satire found in Allen's other London films is gone, with a serious vacancy of tone remaining. Little of value to see here.

Allen at his most trite and dull. We've been down this road a thousand times already: love, family dysfunction, infidelity, opera; it doesn't get any more exciting just because Anthony Hopkins gets punched in the face. What makes this even worse, worse enough to delve into bad territory, is how monumentally unsatisfying it is. Woody usually wraps his films up nicely, but this one felt like it had cut out before any climax.

Jesus, whatever he once had is clearly now gone. Vicky Cristina Barcelona was obviously a glorious fluke from a man whose ability has clearly gone to shit. I find it offensive that people think of this film as another typical entry in his filmography. It wasn't funny, it wasn't serviceable, and I can't imagine that the screenplay was anything but a first draft. He clearly either needs a legit muse like Mia Farrow, or a strong collaborator like Marshall Brickman working with him.

The definition of washed-up.

Well.. This film left me thinking about certain facts and that's always a good thing. On the other hand, it's certainly not Woody's best work either. Normally I love his characters, but now they seem somewhat superficial, flat characters. I love the end though. He kept the most beautiful image for the end: The two only people in this film who come out happier than when started; The two only people who believe in superficial bullsh*t.. Makes you think..

Just an Allen movie that feels familiar. Not bad, not great. Just like most of his work. I've spent worse 90 minutes, like that time when I got attacked by a moose and it sat on me for 89 minutes.

The film lives up to its opening line, misquoting Shakespeare's line about life being full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In the end, Allen rewards the characters that share a similar spiritual mysticism, while the others are left to wallow in the emptiness.

Another Woody Allen production that doesn't have a beginning or an end, sticks a few vaguely connected story threads together and never attempts to unsettle its audience in any way. Hard to rank this one: If you have to sit through it you'll appreciate the acting, the direction, and the subject matter is harmless enough... On the other hand you'll take home absolutely nothing from the experience except to wonder, "What was the point?" I'd never recommend it.

Allen is in excellent form as writer here, concocting an intriguing array of characters to jump through an increasingly more tightly wound series of romantic loops. Hopkins and Punch are standouts in the cast as mis-matched May-December couple, but Jones' dotty mother and Brolin's "Woody" characterisation are also great. Occasionally there are too many balls in the air at once; unresolved story threads are mildly frustrating, but very good overall.

boring and unfunny

really good woody allen movie 10 out of 10

Classic neo-woody

People are really too harsh when discussing the European stage of Allen's career. Sure, his top tier films come from the late 70s and the 80s. But his European period stands strongly up there with his second tier films, along with, I would argue, The Purple Rose of Cairo and Play It Again, Sam. Sure, Allen produces duds. He always has. But time washes those away. What we're going to be left with after it all is 3 or 4 high quality films from this decade, which is a pretty good record.

"Allen has here an interesting idea-that placebos may 'work better' than medicine-to noodle over and ultimately reject; it's just a shame he doesn't entertain us more in the process."

"The fact that moldy fatalism feels truer to Allen's worldview than, say, the faux-sensualism of Vicky Cristina Barcelona doesn't exactly ameliorate the sourness of this ensemble dramedy." - Fernando F. Croce

all of the componant stories are interesting, but nothing more than attention holders. it feels like allen spreads himself too thin with too many characters, and it's true that he's not covering any new ground here, but he could at least have done the same old a little bit better.

What really makes me sad is a weak Allen movie :(

Just not enough going on in this movie to keep you interested. And I think Josh Brolin either needs a gun or a moustache to make it work.

It seems whatever idea Woody had for this film was only partially formed. It mostly just feels like a sloppy throw-together patched from his previous work.

Lose the narrator and I'd give it 65. In Vicky Christina it was a mere annoyance, but this one was tiring.

This is yet another highly enjoyable Woody Allen film. Allen has assembled another excellent ensemble cast. Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts and Anthony Hopkins are all very good in the film. This is a must see film for any fan of Allen's.

Hopkins gives a surprisingly subtle performance in this slice of (serendipitous) life dramedy that respectfully explores alternative spirituality. Brolin has a great face for film.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is not a good film. It doesn't work as a comedy, and it doesn't work as a drama. It isn't funny, and it doesn't make you care about any of the characters, as they're all dark, ungrateful and unwilling to help each other despite nothing prohibiting them from doing so. It's a film that has nothing to say about anything important, and won't entertain either. It has a good cast, but because it's an ensemble, it doesn't use them as well as it should have.

Woody Allenīs new movie comes along with an awesome cast and a simple story about life. A story about interpersonal relationchips, the monotony of a marital and a lot of wrong decisions. Allen did nothing new with his new movie, but what he did is really entertaining. I always like this special atmosphere between each character that Allen creates in his movies.

Yet another `cute little` Woody Allen movie that makes you miss more the past works of the genius...