It is no surprise that Allen has changed from his oeuvre, last one of his great movies was "Manhattan Murder Mystery". Now on, he has become a bit more cynical on his characters, deploying all misery available as a plot point and creating a miasma of common cause and effect over his characters to give some sense to his movies. In "You will meet a Tall, Dark Stranger" he implies love is only working for those with naive expectations, that fall in love like childs in play. The comedy is relegated to ennunciations of the pathos of characters forged only to bend into the necessity of the script. The message is first, the characters later, the human comedy last.
This is a movie only for Allen fans and for those of a quiet break of Hollywood love stories, it is clear Allen creates a snickering mockery to those. But, being Allen, I'd expect more on the development and was left with the feeling of wanting more, even if it was the intention of the movie.
This is a movie only for Allen fans and for those of a quiet break of Hollywood love stories, it is clear Allen creates a snickering mockery to those. But, being Allen, I'd expect more on the development and was left with the feeling of wanting more, even if it was the intention of the movie.