You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
2010/ USA/ 98 mins/ Dir. Woody Allen
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones, Antonio Banderas, Frieda Pinto, Lucy Punch
Woody Allen’s latest film follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmain, Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Whilst Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia (Pinto), a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window. Despite these characters’ attempts to dodge their problems with pipe dreams and impractical plans, their efforts lead only to heartache, irrationality, and perilous hot water.
‘Woody Allen’s fourth London film is an elegant return to form’
‘Delightful! Fresh, funny and vintage Woody. Gemma Jones is superb and poignant.’