Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Name: Melinda and Melinda
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet

Melinda and Melinda

PG-13

Comedy

Documentary

Drama

Romance

Release Date: October 29, 2004
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor , Will Ferrell , Jonny Lee Miller , Radha Mitchell , Amanda Peet , Chloe Sevigny
Runtime: 99
Main Genre: Comedy
Writers: Woody Allen
Tagline: Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it.
Website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/melindaandmelinda/

Summary

MELINDA AND MELINDA combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained -- the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, “He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place.” By his own admission, writer/director Woody Allen has far more ideas for movies than he will ever have time to put on film. The concept for MELINDA AND MELINDA was one of many he spawned over the past several years, but it was one of the most intriguing. In this film, Allen, one of the most respected filmmakers on the international film landscape for over three decades, explores some of his most beloved terrain: personal struggles with morality, identity, intimacy, jealousy and the vagaries of romantic love. The twist in MELINDA AND MELINDA is introduced in the film’s opening scene, in which four sophisticated New Yorkers enjoy a dinner out on a rainy night. An anecdote provokes a discussion between writers Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) about the dual nature of human drama, symbolizedby the comedy/tragedy mask of theater. Ultimately a comic tale unfolds, pitted against a more dramatic version of itself -- both centered around a somewhat enigmatic woman named Melinda (Radha Mitchell).