Cassandra's Dream
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: January 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Like so many late-period Allens, it leaves behind the feeling that he's made this movie before, but better. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
An uninspired if perfectly watchable drama. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
A psychological thriller in serious need of both psychology and thrills, Cassandra's Dream is a wan, exceedingly minor drama by Woody Allen, who has started to recycle himself in London the way he had long been recycling his New York City pictures. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The Coen brothers might have pulled this off, but it's out of Allen's faltering reach. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
There's not a believable character, nor line of convincing dialogue to be found. Read full review
50
VarietyDerek Elley
Like a tragic overture played at the wrong tempo and slightly off-key, Woody Allen's London-set Cassandra's Dream sends out more mixed signals than an inebriated telegraphist. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This is a lame psychological thriller with an obvious story trajectory. It's a wannabe film noir with no atmosphere whatsoever. Read full review
50
Village VoiceScott Foundas
Feels like one of Allen's laziest pieces of writing and direction, leaden with heavy metaphor and characters who rarely make it beyond the archetype--marionettes in a miserablist puppet theater. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Allen is obsessed with the notion of getting away with murder, mulling over which personalities can shoulder the psychological burden of killing without remorse, while others crumble under the pressure. The problem is, you don’t feel the human sweat and strain in Cassandra’s Dream, despite game work from Farrell and McGregor. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The identical premise is used in Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which is like a master class in how Allen goes wrong. Read full review
42
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Allen's latest, his 42nd effort as a director, is the work of an artist devoid of ideas and energy. Perfunctorily staged and lazily written, it comes to life in only the briefest of spurts, usually when the ever-reliable Tom Wilkinson is on-screen. Read full review
40
SlateDana Stevens
Cassandra's Dream is not unredeemably bad. MacGregor and Farrell hack away at their implausible dialogue with admirable intensity (though when Terry starts to descend into mental illness, Farrell touches his limits as an actor). Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
As writer, Allen offers lazy plotting, poor characterization, dull scenes and flat dialogue. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
After making his best and smoothest drama (Match Point) in England, Woody Allen returns there for one of his most clueless and awkward, outfitted with a standard-issue Philip Glass score. Read full review
More From This Movie

49 Critic Reviews

7.8 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 71 The Sheep Detectives
5 68 Crime 101
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL