Movie Reviews for Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

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Movie Reviews of Cassandra's Dream

Movie Review: Love Woody, Colin and Ewan, however...
Summary: 4 Stars

I would never miss a Woody Allen film. Or one with Colin Farrell or Ewan McGregor for that matter. Perhaps even more than Colin or Ewan, I'm a Tom Wilkinson fan (he's fabulous here, as a Fagan-uncle). I thoroughly enjoyed everyone - even the "minor" characters (especially the father and Ewan's self-centered actress-girlfriend). However, the film ended too abruptly, without finesse. It was so beautifully, artfully arranged (an Allen gift) with exquisite interiors, gardens, great clothes and cars, not to mention perfect visual directing, but by the end it was "You don't say?" Did Woody run out of film? I needed some lingering mystery, a character twist, or a cool Scotland Yard detective dueling with Wilkinson or the brother who turned out to be different from what we thought. The theme was obvious: greed and stupidity can get you in a whole lot of trouble. Sadly, it lacked a well-turned final act to bring it in as a great film. But I must say, Colin Farrell acquitted himself well as the dim brother with a conscience. My favorite line: "I don't want to kill anybody!" spoken like a scared little boy being put up to steal the cookies.

Movie Review: Moral Dilemmas
Summary: 4 Stars

In Woody Allen's latest suspense film, we see the drama played out against a backdrop of family struggles, mostly financial. Two English lower-class brothers, with big dreams, gaze longingly upon a future they cannot quite grasp; their rich uncle, to whom they reach out for help, promises to assist. But they must do the unthinkable...commit murder to help their uncle escape a certain prison term if the target, a whistle-blower, speaks out to the authorities.

Suspense builds as the pair attempt to carry out the deed...almost failing, as their efforts seem ill-timed on more than one occasion. But then it is done.

Now, living with the consequences, especially since they apparently "get away with it", turns out to be more difficult than they had anticipated. Especially for the one brother, whose drinking and depression lead him to the brink.

And then a twist of fate steers the brothers to a dire and tragic end.

This thriller is somewhat less compelling than "Match Point", but is worth the viewer's time and engagement.

Movie Review: Underrated Gem
Summary: 4 Stars

The last film in Woody Allen's "London Trilogy" (the others being "Matchpoint" and "Scoop"), Allen ditches ogling the vast estates of the English upper class to examine two lives firmly entrenched in the search for better existences and the consequences of making that a reality. Ewan Macgregor and Colin Farrell are brothers with hopes and problems; Macgregor dreams of leaving his father's shop and investing in a series of hotels, as well as winning a beautiful actress played by Hayley Atwell. Farrell is a mechanic whose gambling problems put him ninety thousand pounds in the hole. A rich uncle played by Tom Wilkinson offers a way out for both, but at a price: they must murder a colleague about to testify against him in court. Macgregor is more willing, but Farrell falls apart over the task, and no one smokes and falls apart onscreen better than Colin Farrell. The cinematgraphy is BBC generic and the ending is too abrupt, but "Cassandra's Dream" is a film that stays with you.

Movie Review: re-make
Summary: 4 Stars

i liked the acting but the script was tried and true formula; basically Woody trying to be Hitchcock with more verbal philosophical arguing. i think also the film had not one laugh. basically a re-make of "Crimes and Misdemeanors" which was better.