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CommentNov 20, 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 96
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 51
It's sporadically amusing, and typically well-cast, but You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger isn't one of Woody Allen's more inspired late-period efforts.
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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 20
It's sporadically amusing, and typically well-cast, but You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger isn't one of Woody Allen's more inspired late-period efforts.
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Movie Info
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
Synopsis: The film revolves around different members of a family, their tangled love lives and their attempts to try to solve their problems. [More]
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.
In Theaters: Sep 22, 2010 Limited
Box Office:$3.1M
Distributor:Sony Pictures Classics
Directed By: Woody Allen
Cast
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Antonio Banderas
(Greg Clemente) -
Josh Brolin
(Roy) -
Anthony Hopkins
(Alfie) -
Freida Pinto
(Dia) -
Naomi Watts
(Sally) -
Lucy Punch
(Charmaine) -
Gemma Jones
(Helena) -
Jim Piddock
(Peter) -
Alex MacQueen
(Malcolm Dodds) -
Pauline Collins
(Cristal) -
Anna Friel
(Iris) -
Ewen Bremner
(Henry Strangler) -
Fenella Woolgar
(Helen) -
Neil Jackson
(Alan) -
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
(Jonathan) -
Theo James
(Ray) -
Christopher Fulford
(Ray's Friend) -
Johnny Harris
(Ray's Friend) -
Anupam Kher
(Dia's Father) -
Meera Syal
(Dia's Mother) -
Joanna David
(Alan's Mother) -
Geoffrey Hutchings
(Alan's Father) -
Ellyn Long
(Alan's Sister) -
Shaheen Khan
(Dia's Aunt) -
Kelly Harrison
(Personal Trainer) -
Eleanor Gecks
(Rollerblading Friend) -
Christian McKay
(Poker Friend) -
Philip Glenister
(Poker Friend) -
Jonathan Ryland
(Poker Friend) -
Pearce Quigley
(Poker Friend) -
Lynda Baron
(Alfie's Date) -
Robert Portal
(Jewelry Shop Salesman) -
Zak Orth
(Narrator) -
Celia Imrie
(Enid, Enid Wicklow)
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REVIEWS FOR YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
If ever there were an example of an artist with nothing left to say, Woody Allen is its living definition.
Nov 10, 2010
Some moderately interesting characters occasionally do some mildly amusing things, but in the end no one is satisfied, least of all the audience.
Nov 9, 2010
While Tall Dark can be a tad stilted, taking place as it does in Allen's fictionalized universe, most of it functions so smoothly it makes you forget about all the strings being pulled
Nov 1, 2010
What passes for Allen's idea of an innovative sex gag? Anthony Hopkins' doddering character Alfie counting down the minutes until the Viagra tablet takes effect.
Oct 29, 2010
I'm starting to think Allen makes movies like he files his tax returns. Some years business is fantastic, other years it's struggling. But he still files one every year. This year, business was so-so.
Oct 29, 2010
The slight pic benefits greatly from the talented ensemble cast that makes more of the tiresome dialogue than can be expected.
Oct 27, 2010
At least on one viewing and with no distance -- it falls shy of being a great Woody Allen picture.
Oct 27, 2010
This is a film from the twilight of Woody Allen's career and talent
Oct 26, 2010
A consistently underwhelming effort...
Oct 23, 2010
How's this for an invite? -- Allen is asking us to patronize a movie with a title that translates to: 'You Are Going To Die.'
Oct 22, 2010
Woody refuses to burn out or fade away, opting instead to simply become irrelevant
Oct 22, 2010
At this point, it's all just variations on a theme, and Stranger is a minor but pleasant variation
Oct 21, 2010
Woody Allen Makes One of His "Couple" Films Particularly Enhanced by Hopkins' Realistic View or Mortality.
Oct 20, 2010
[W]raps up in one neat little package ideas about romantic fate, our yearning for something better than the pretty good thing we might already have, and an up-to-the-minute restlessness...
Oct 18, 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger gives another gaggle of actors the chance to boast they made a Woody Allen movie - just not a very good one.
Oct 18, 2010
I was so depressed after leaving the theater, I had to crawl to the nearest video store and rent a Marx Brothers movie in order to revive myself.
Oct 16, 2010
Superficially supernatural, the wish-fulfillment comedy of manners and morals is not one of Woody Allen's best but an amusing diversion.
Oct 16, 2010
In You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, the only people who retain their happy visions are the most deluded. It's probably a good metaphor for 2010.
Oct 16, 2010
Even the plain black-and-white title sequences and old-timey musical score feel less like the affectations of a stubbornly independent artist than the rut of someone who can't find anything fresh to say.
Oct 15, 2010
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