May 13, 2005

Match Point

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The FAZ likes Woody Allen’s latest and calls it an “unexpected masterpiece.” In a dispatch from Cannes, where Match Point is shown out of competition, Andreas Kilb writes,

Everything that was smug and random in his recent movies has disappeared. ‘Match Point’ doesn’t have a gram of fat, no far-fetched jokes, no unnecessary dialogue.

I always thought unnecessary dialogue was the hallmark of Allen’s movies? (And I’m saying this is someone who’s seen most of them, and liked even the bad ones.)

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