Woody Allen is the most prolific director out there, he punctually makes a movie every 1-2 years. Unfortunately he’s fallen off the radar in the last few years, creating some ill-received movies.
Lately he’s been on a British mood, creating movies set in England that have a different tone than his usual stories. This movie in particular does not have a lot of humor in it, and it’s all about the characters.
I must say I was surprised by this movie in a few occasions. There were some parts where Allen makes decidedly non-Hollywood decisions. For example when the father found the missing money, I thought that Ian would continue the lie in order to cover himself, instead he comes clean and every thing’s forgotten.
There is another scene where Ian tells his father about meeting this new girl, and then the waitress comes in and I thought she’s be all jealous and they’d have a fight, instead the scene ends there and it’s clear they had an understanding about their relationship.
Everything felt believable, the way Ian and Terry make their big decision, how they do it and talk about it. I was tense through their ordeal, and felt really bad for them.
However I felt a little underwhelmed by the ending. It just felt anti-climactic, after all the previous build up. And how likely is it for just a simple fall to kill somebody?
Despite that ending, I still enjoyed this movie.
Rating: 3 Stars