i have see my share of woody allen movie and and while theyre not always great and you can usually be sure youre go to be entertain . probably the last really good one be bullet over broadway ( 94 ) and mighty aphrodite ( 95 ) since then the one i have see have be patchy but watchable . and so when i be invite to see the new woody allen movie melinda and melinda and which i wasn not even aware have be release yet and i go along happily . i hadn not really heard much about it so i hop i would be pleasantly surprise . what i get be definitely the bad woody allen movie i have see . the premise be over explain and the cast be terrible and the script be slow and lifeless . too many scene say nothing and yet be stretch out and i assume to fill out what would have otherwise become a 15 minute short film . i do not mind the concept behind this film two director discuss how a simple situation could be interpret a a comedy or a tragedy and and obviously the film proceeds to show u that and by play out both scenario . the problem be neither of these two film be any good at all . the comedy isn not funny and the tragedy isn not very tragic . it seem like allen come up with a good idea but then run out of steam and or time and to actually complete the film . the general level of act be notably bad also will ferrell be the only one who bring anything to the table and and it basically a woody allen impression . previously good actor like chloe sevigny just come off a annoying and and the bad of the bunch be radha mitchell a melinda ( which be a shame and because her character be in nearly every scene . ) . to be fair to the actor and the script they be work with be lack if not non existent . definitely a long way from the allen we know and love from classic like manhattan or annie hall .