Overview
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Radha Mitchell made this film worthwhile. It had some decent moments. The main question was interesting – are comedies really tragedies, or vice versa?
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Movie title: Melinda and Melinda
Movie description: While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Date published: 2012-10-13
Director(s): Woody Allen
Actor(s): Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny, Wallace Shawn, David Aaron Baker, Arija Bareikis, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Shalom Harlow, Geoffrey Nauffts, Zak Orth, Larry Pine, Vinessa Shaw, Brooke Smith, Daniel Sunjata, Matt Servitto, Andy Borowitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
My Review
Radha Mitchell made this film worthwhile. It had some decent moments. The main question was interesting – are comedies really tragedies, or vice versa?
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My Review - 7/10
7/10