After scoring his first critical hit in years with the uncharacteristically straightforward thriller MATCH POINT (2005), Woody Allen took one giant step back with the kind of movie that precipitated his fall from grace: a scatterbrained mystery comedy that makes MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1993) look like THE THIN MAN (1934).
As friends and colleagues toast recently deceased journalist Joe Strombel's (Deadwood's Ian McShane) determination and resourcefulness, Strombel finds himself in a spot he can't bribe his way out of: crossing the river Styx with the Grim Reaper at the helm. But death can't keep Strombel from a good story. He jumps ship when a fellow p...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
97 mins