This is Woody Allen’s latest comedy about romantic entanglements and human self-delusion. It is mid-level Woody – not as good as his recent Vicky Christina Barcelona or Match Point, but not completely unwatchable like some of his other recent work. To save you 90 minutes of your life and ten bucks: the character who comforts herself with ridiculously fatuous superstition ends up happier than those who are grounded in scientifically valid reality. Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) all do their best with the material.
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