To say this slight experiment in story spinning is Woody Allen's best film in years isn't saying much when it's up against the dire likes of ANYTHING ELSE (2003), HOLLYWOOD ENDING (2002) and THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION (2001). The premise is promising: Over a rainy-night dinner at trendy New York bistro Pastis, successful playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) test their opposing notions of the human condition by playing a little game. Each will take the same story elements and, according to his disposition, turn them into a fleshed-out narrative. Max, the tragedian, begins by imagining a bedraggled Melinda (Radha Mitchell) bursting in on a dinner par...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
99 mins