Review of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) by Chumchee L — 17 Nov 2011

Woody has assembled a fantastic cast, but seems to totally wast them in this very poor performance. Its difficult for me to say this, being as I am a huge fan of his work, but what really lets this film down is both the writing and the direction. Excellent actors, such as Naomi Watts (who is stunning as always, with one of the most convincing English accents I've heard by an American actress) and even the great Anthony Hopkins seem to walk around utterly lost. There are whole scenes that are cringeworthingly bad and ineffective.

Woody's love affair with London just doesn't seem as convincing or powerful as it was with New York in the 70's and 80's, and I wouldn't recommend this as his finest hour by any means.