Woody Allen is back in the States and that seems to be an improvement. He also surprises us. Not knowing the director's name, you would hardly guess it's Allen.
Jasmine returns to her trash sister. She returns from Park Avenue, from wealth, from a husband killing himself in prison, from life. She starts lying immediately, but the only ones who believe her is her former kind of people and herself. Until neither they or herself do so.
Cate Blanchett is superb as the ruin of a Park Avenue Lady. Suddenly Woody Allen seems to take more interest in people than in clever lines. Give us more of that.
Jasmine returns to her trash sister. She returns from Park Avenue, from wealth, from a husband killing himself in prison, from life. She starts lying immediately, but the only ones who believe her is her former kind of people and herself. Until neither they or herself do so.
Cate Blanchett is superb as the ruin of a Park Avenue Lady. Suddenly Woody Allen seems to take more interest in people than in clever lines. Give us more of that.