Woody Allen

Melinda and Melinda

6.4

5.4

Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.

Director: Woody Allen
Main Cast: Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny, Radha Mitchell
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Screenplay: Woody Allen

Production Year: 2004

Cinema Premiere: April 8, 2005

What do critics in other countries think?

International reviews

5 foreign reviews of Melinda and Melinda (2004)

1. Moviezine

4 / 5

Translated from swedish: The film succeeds in maintaining the tension of its premise. Melinda's fate captivates, and Allen has, as usual, a keen eye for the potential in his actors.
- Oskar Moller
Swedish: moviezine.se »
2. Aftonbladet

4 / 5

Translated from swedish: It's love, sex, lies and betrayal in a film where Radha Mitchell truly shines both as a happy Melinda and as a completely different and sad one. A film that is very much New York, that is usually very funny, but that also touches you, seriously.
- Jan-Olov Andersson
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »
3. Filmkultur

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: "Melinda and Melinda" is a very good film, well-acted, interesting and manages to be both gripping and entertaining. You find yourself wondering how the other story will unfold, and in that way it becomes two unpredictable stories.
- Daniel Hånberg Alonso
Swedish: Filmkultur »
4. Expressen

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: The idea is typical of Woody Allen, as is the staging. Amid great talkativeness, two parallel plots unfold. In both, Radha Mitchell is at the center as Melinda, while the characters around her change.
- Bernt Eklund
Swedish: expressen.se »
5. Svenska Dagbladet

3 / 6

Translated from swedish: Woody Allen's comedy "Melinda and Melinda" is a return that borders on parodic recycling, for it's hard to imagine a more typical Allen film: welcome to savor cynicism's Haut-Brion in the treacherous company of good competitive, metropolitan friends.
Swedish: svd.se »