Review of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) by Jake . — 13 Mar 2011

No, it's not brilliant, but by and large it works as a film. It has to be one of Woody Allen's more generic films, though. I mean, where's the flair. It's clever and dry, but the actual idea and plot does not have any punch.

The premise itself is just far more conventional that I woul dever have expected to see. The film is made up of varied connected storylines, which is something I like. The best thing here, however, is that it is actually possible to keep track of who belongs where and what's happened.

Generally speaking, I tend to forget those things - like The Informants, who can follow that? This is much better, all the characters connect together in ways that are easy to trace and are obvious. I enjoyed seeing Freida Pinto again after Slumdog Millionaire, although she did seem to have more life as Latika than as Dia.

Idk, this would have been so much better had it just been a bit more creative and jazzy. As it stands now, it's awfully conventional and as such just isn't all that endearing.