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Melinda and Melinda
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54 out of 100

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5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell
  • Summary: This film combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. (Fox Searchlight)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    In its complexity and wit, this is one of his (Allen's) best recent films.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Neither comedy nor tragedy, the movie is closest to genteel soap opera.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    It's disconcerting to see Ferrell, a master of macho psychosis, adopt the stop-and-go dithering of Woody Allen-style neurosis.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. WallyS.
    8
    Woody Allen is in good shape, he creates a wonderfull plot full of autentic characters that are performed with majesty. Definetly, a cult film to see over and over again, just to capture the delightfull essence of the story, that is great.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. J-Shap
    5
    Melinda and Melinda is not a particularly bad film, but just a limp one. In many ways, that's worse. The switching between a comic and tragic interpretation of the same movie keeps afloat with thought, but the film itself is rather empty, and neither story is particularly strong on its own.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CraigA.
    1
    Just rubbish. Stilted, unnatural dialogue, wooden performances, pretensious and bourgious. Its concept is supposedly the same story told two different ways. Its not. Its two different stories told the same way - badly.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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