Review of Café Society (2016) by Screenplayhouse — 12 Sep 2016

TOP TEN THINGS WRONG WITH CAFE SOCIETY.

10. The title makes zero sense until deep into the movie. Then it feels wrong anyway.

09. Kristen Stewart was awful. Sorry. When Jesse becomes married absolutely no one would understand whyTOP TEN THINGS WRONG WITH CAFE SOCIETY.

10. The title makes zero sense until deep into the movie. Then it feels wrong anyway.

09. Kristen Stewart was awful. Sorry. When Jesse becomes married absolutely no one would understand why he was still dreaming about Kristen. Flat soda.

08. Could you have chosen three actors that looked and sounded less like brothers?

07. Steve Carell was also miscast. But I felt he could have done more with the role to cover this up. He seemed to resent every minute of this film he appeared in.

06. I have to presume a scene or two with Carell and his wife were cut -- since 'Laura Palmer' played his wife and you'd never know it. otherwise.

05. Every mobster thug scene had nothing to do with the story. The 'comic violence' was there to make sure you remained awake. Kinda funny the first time (if you ignore this device having been used countless times in other Allen movies), pat the second, desperate the rest. This story did backflips to explain who Jesse inherited a successful nightclub. A simpler solution would have been his Uncle being an investor in it. That he created a club in NYC to get rid of Jesse from Hollywood. Just saying.

04. It's said that Woody likes to write smart roles for women. At this point: nonsense. What he does is give dumb female characters big words to say, which creates the illusion they're smart. But look at their behavior. And --.

03. -- have you noticed Woody always writes 'himself' in as a male who criticizes women who refuse to love him? That's pretty warped.

02. My wife and I noticed the sets were the best part of the film.

01. A discussion of God was here. And a discussion of being indirectly responsible for a murder. Both listless memes at this point.