Melinda And Melinda (2004) 6/10

Starring : Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Sevigny, Wallace Shawn
Director : Woody Allen
Running Time : 95 mins

A pair of writers, one who focuses on comedy, the other focusing more on tragedy, attempt to contrive two seperate stories based on the same events surrounding a woman named Melinda (Mitchell). One story has her fall for a pianist (Ejiofor) who cheats on her, the other has her actor neighbour (Ferrell) falling in love with her.

This movie was an interesting idea, but it was one that's been done before, and to better effect. Basically this is a version of Sliding Doors that has little of the humour, even in the apparently comic version of Melinda's tale. Allen thankfully doesn't put in an appearance, which is a plus, but even that does little to improve this simple tale that goes nowhere and jumps to the point far too quickly and unsatisfyingly.

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