Synopsis
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic54/100
512 audience votes
Key crew
- Woody AllenDirector
- Woody AllenWriter
Cast
- Chiwetel EjioforEllis Moonsong
- Will FerrellHobie
- Jonny Lee MillerLee
- Radha MitchellMelinda Robicheaux
- Amanda PeetSusan
- Chloë SevignyLaurel
- Wallace ShawnSy
- David Aaron BakerSteve
- Arija BareikisSally Oliver
- Josh BrolinGreg
- Steve CarellWalt
- Stephanie Roth HaberleLouise
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Themes
married couplefriendsfalling in lovecelebrationbluntinsecuremischievousincredulousdisgusteddoubtfuldubiousfrustrated