Was Woody thinking sequel here. This nearly good movie just leaves one hanging. At times this film has a stage play feel. Not one of Woodys best. Anthony Hopkins plays the older man disillusioned with his spacey wife while his daughter played by Naomi Watts is wanting more then her writer husband ( Josh Brolin) is willing to give. The writer husband has a voyeurs eye and ogles a guitar playing beauty in a apartment across the street. Its gets complicated for all the characters and the they all just appear to run out of gas. Woody Allen has made memorable films like Manhattan and Annie Hall but this one just runs out of good script. I am very surprised that a fine actor like Hopkins agreed to take on this role...was he behind on his alimony payments?

I wonder why Dia decides to go with Roy to start with as there is no apparent appeal in him. It's not the actors' mistakes. They follow a screenplay. For the rest, well the story flows very well and it is also well performed. Probably life is like this for many who are..without other values. And of course, Woody Allen keep saying that marriage is just a joke out there. Nevertheless, I quite like this movie because it is a story well narrated and filmed. No boring moments and also a touch with surprises. The movie is entertaining and quite light, so to say. But only apparently. In my opinion, the actors are all good although they aren't always given the chance to develop their own character in a more convincing way especially for Dia, Cristal and the writer in coma

In London, Helena (Gemma Jones) goes to see fortune teller Cristal (Pauline Collins) after she is abandoned by her husband Alfie (Anthony Hopkins). He shocks everyone by announcing his engagement to the much younger Charmaine (Lucy Punch) after hiring her as a prostitute. The couple's daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) sacrificed her ambitions to support her husband Roy (Josh Brolin) who stopped publishing after a successful first book. He's interested in next door neighbor Dia (Freida Pinto) and finishes his second book. Sally falls for her art gallery boss Greg (Antonio Banderas).This is a cast of mostly great actors playing run-of-the-mill Woody Allen characters. The only bad performance comes from the wooden Freida Pinto. The story isn't anything special. It's reminiscent of other Woody Allen movies without exceeding them.

One of Woody Allen's worst movies. Not THE worst, that honour goes to To Rome With Love, but this comes close. At least the stories are coherent, but they're not at all good. There is hardly a likable character in the entire movie. Everyone, in their own way, is plain loathsome. Infidelity (especially), deceit, naivety and insanity abound. Naomi Watts' character might be the only character worth supporting, and even she's not perfect.Many of the relationships don't even make sense, they're just there for relationship sake, or infidelity sake.About the only great moment was Josh Brolin's character's comeuppance. Performances are fine, it is the characters that are irritating, and very much so.