You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: September 22, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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12
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12
Negative:
4
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88
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson
Allen has been criticized for leaving some of the plot lines up in the air and several characters in the lurch. But he seems to be making a point: Neat Hollywood endings are as phony and dangerous as Cristal's ramblings. Read full review
80
Time OutKeith Uhlich
It isn't the first time death has figured in an Allen movie, but the way he grapples with it here (leaving each character at a moment of irresolution comparable to staring down the man with the scythe) is much more potent and direct. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
There are enough pleasantries and good jests in this new film to make a meal. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It offers the small delight of watching a master step back from more ardent work to put together a diverting miniature. And in the scheme of things, that's actually more of an accomplishment than it might sound. Minor Mozart, after all, is still pretty darned good. Read full review
75
MovielineMichelle Orange
Minor but still quite enjoyable. And like other minor Woody Allen pictures it becomes more interesting when placed in their larger context. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
Bottom line: It's a good one, fresh, funny and vintage Woody. Read full review
70
The New YorkerDavid Denby
Much of the writing is good, and the acting is superb, but the constant wrangling wore me out at times. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Good and very pleasurable provided you know what you're getting into, which is a comic roundelay of amorous ambitions and delusions-punctuated by wistful old ballads like "If I Had You"-that lead mostly but not entirely to disaster. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
This kinder, gentler Allen is still clever, still amusing, and the film itself is a confection tempting enough to consider a taste. Yet there is that empty-calorie letdown after it's over. Maybe it's time to book another trip to Spain. Read full review
65
NPRBob Mondello
Hardly a laff riot, but then that's been true of Allen's movies for a while. It is, however, briskly cynical about human nature, graciously forgiving about human foibles, and situationally amusing about the spectacles otherwise sane people make of themselves when they trust their fates to the stars. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Has an empty, soulless feel. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is forgiving. But the search for happiness is doomed by definition: You must be happy with what you have, not with what you desire, because the cost of the quest is too high. Read full review
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