Melinda and Melinda
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: March 18, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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21
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14
Negative:
5
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38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's disconcerting to see Ferrell, a master of macho psychosis, adopt the stop-and-go dithering of Woody Allen-style neurosis. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A second-rate comedy and a third-rate drama, Melinda And Melinda gives viewers two unsatisfying movies in one. The only genuine tragedy here involves a once-brilliant comedy writer plunging further into a seemingly permanent artistic freefall. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Give Woody Allen credit for ambition. Failing at one movie wasn't enough. Nearly anyone can do that; it happens all the time. He's chosen to fail at two simultaneously. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This is mainly a narrative brain-teaser like "Memento" or "The Jacket"; merely keeping up with the game requires so much energy that the thinness of the material becomes fully apparent only toward the end. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
These days, Allen's pictures are more like snuff films, in which the viewer must suffer both gifted actors committing screen hara-kiri and a once-brilliant filmmaker soldiering on with his long, bullheaded decline. Read full review
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