捕幾篇影評
http://tinyurl.com/yqsp8m 美國Variety的評論
但作者應是英國人, 挑剔口音, 地雷很多
Judged as either black comedy or a semi-drama, pic lacks the irony that
informs Allen's best movies -- replaced here by a rather condescending
attitude toward all the characters.
McGregor, as the stronger brother, and Farrell, as the weaker, keep the movie
watchable, even though there's no fraternal chemistry evident on screen.
Atwell is well cast as the upper-class, second-rate actress who keeps Ian
dangling on a string; ditto Hawkins as Terry's supportive, working-class
other half. Among the older members of the cast, who add heft to the smaller
roles, Wilkinson emerges the best.
http://tinyurl.com/2cktc3 英國"Evening Standard"報的評論, 反倒沒批評口音
Ewan's great but Woody fails to catch fire <--我討厭這種話 >_<
By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard 03.09.07 More reviews by Derek Malcolm
There's music from the formidable Philip Glass and cinematography from the
legendary Vilmos Zsigmong. But two aces are not enough for a really good
hand, and Woody Allen's third film shot in London is a curiously patchy
experience.
It's a Hitchcockian thriller without the master's touch, mildly entertaining
but never gripping. Those who expect laughs from Allen, even when he's not a
member of the cast, had better be prepared to sip thin gruel.
No one, however, could complain about the acting. Colin Farrell and Ewan
McGregor play Cockney brothers short of cash and even shorter on ideas of how
to get it. They are both up to their knees in debt.
Farrell is a mechanic who sometimes wins but mostly loses in card games where
the stakes are far too high for him. His girl (Sally Hawkins) tries to keep
him straight, but without much success.
McGregor is an erstwhile businessman who falls in love with a smart and
ambitious actress (Hayley Atwell) for whom he is probably a bit of rough
trade.
The crunch comes when their decidedly fishy uncle (Tom Wilkinson) offers them
￡100,000 each to bump off a business colleague (Phil Davis) who is getting
in his way. They are horrified at first but, when he says that family matters
more than anything else, begin nervously to think they might just be able to
accomplish the task. That's when the trouble really begins.
Both Farrell and McGregor give lively and convincing performances as a pair
of south London chancers, Wilkinson is as good as ever as uncle, and the
girls are fine.
Added to that, Allen's direction is fluent and his script less jarringly
inappropriate than it sometimes was in Match Point. Yet the film never really
catches fire and its black ending seems wildly improbable.
There's a lightness of touch about the whole proceedings that seems
inappropriate for its theme, which is that if you go the whole hog in
supporting your family, you might well end up in very dangerous territory.
But at least Allen is back in some sort of form after the debacle that was
Scoop, his second film made in the UK, which went straight to DVD.
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可是我感覺一般觀眾的反應到是還不錯.....
....反正他們也不認識從前的Woody Allen.......:P
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