and how many actor can he get to stand in for his own neurotic and compulsive uber new yorker persona . in this film woody be play by will ferrell in what be mercifully less a direct impersonation than the one kenneth branagh do in celebrity . it an annoyingly repetitive story now represent nebbishy and neurotic man with a wife or girlfriend fall madly in love with a shiksa queen upon which he project all manner of perfection . everyone live in perfect gigantic apartment in great manhattan neighborhood and everyone constantly patronize expensive and exclusive restaurant during which all the character relate fascinate anecdote and discuss arcane philosophy and there be always a trip to the hampton during which the nebbishy main character spazzes out about sand and physical exertion and possible exposure to disease and and then of course and say main character feel guilty about his lust for the shiksa queen but pursue her anyway and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail and etc . this a tired formula and and proof that allen isn not really a great film artist at all . he just seem like a dirty old man with the libido and emotion of a 20 year old who be intent upon tell the same boring old story again and again .