Another British Movie from Woody Allen.....

Cassandra's Dream - (Released in the UK in 2008)

Another Woody Allen Film filmed and set in the UK – this seems to becoming quite a habit for the New Yorker. However I fear the uninspiring British Film industry might be rubbing off on him. While great Hollywood movies can be made in the UK (The Dark Knight – 2008) – so often seems to be the case that purely British Movies seem to fall flat on the face and inspire no one (last one I can think of St. Trinians – Garbage). While this is no where near as bad as St. Trianians and it should no way be compared if we’re being realistic Cassandra’s Dream isn’t great.

I approached the film with optimism as you always have hope from a Woody Allen movie as well as for the fact that it had Ewan McGregor and the very inconsistent Colin Farrel. I’m not sure what happened here by Allen seems to of pulled a Rogue Trader (1999) Performance out of McGregor – meaning very wooden and in parts not very good. While Colin Farrel shows signs of flare and of something better the performance really isn’t anything that shines. As soon as you realise where this film is headed you won’t believe how predictable the story pans out and my word does it pan out slowly – the only slight surprise in the scheme of things is the redeeming ending however many will of seen this coming. What this film does get right are the nice choices in locations and a fairly strong performance from Sally Hawkins who plays Colin Farrel's Girlfriend while Tom Wilkinson in the odd scene who plays Uncle Mike puts in a fairly consistent performance.

All in all I highly doubt you will be overtly impressed.
2 stars.