"Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream is a humorless misfire that wastes the talents of some fine actors including Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Tom Wilkinson while continuing the mystery of Colin Farrell's appeal to major filmmakers," writes Ray Bennett in the Hollywood Reporter. "As writer, Allen offers lazy plotting, poor characterization, dull scenes and flat dialogue. As director, he makes no demands on the abundant talents of cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and composer Philip Glass."



This year's model "sends out more mixed signals than an inebriated telegraphist," writes Derek Elley in Variety. "The third consecutive Allen pic to be set in the UK, but the first to have no Americans in the cast, Cassandra's Dream leaves behind the touristy, upper-class POV of Match Point and Scoop to go down-and-dirty with more average Londoners. Here's where the problems start."

Updated through 9/4. Posted by: dwhudson    Source

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