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Cassandra's Dream (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 94

Fresh: 48

Rotten:46

Average Rating: 6/10

Consensus: Colin Farrell and Tom Wilkinson act up a storm in Cassandra's Dream, but Woody Allen's heavy-handed symbolism and foreshadowing drains the plot of all tension.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Jan 18, 2008 Limited

Box Office: $871,646

Synopsis: Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant... Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, while brother Ian (McGregor) hankers for the finer things when he starts dating a very ambitious actress (Hayley Atwell). Fate deals a hand when their rich American uncle (Tom Wilkinson) slinks into London with a murderous proposition. Named for the boat the lads buy during a rare flush moment--a symbol of the morally compromising power of money and the inevitability, perhaps, of fate--CASSANDRA'S DREAM is another of Allen's loving looks at moneyed urbanites and their penchant for living out Greek tragedy, a la MATCH POINT and CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. This time around, it's a bit darker, but with Farrell and McGregor in the leads, there's plenty of star power. The lads are clearly having a ball acting under Allen's direction, and they're allowed to develop a charming, rapid-fire fraternal rapport that carries the film--along with Wilkinson's old-school gravitas and Atwell's luminous charisma. Phillip Glass composed the score. [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Sally Hawkins

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Sally Hawkins, Hayley Atwell

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Gareth Wiley
Composer: Philip Glass
Studio: Weinstein Company

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May 27, 2008

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DVD Features:

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The writing is terrific as are the performances by Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor who play brothers with dreams beyond their means.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/29/08
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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This is Colin Farrell's best work in years and proof that Woody Allen is an old dog, and these are new tricks.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
08/27/08
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review
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Every Woody Allen movie becomes an occasion to discuss what went wrong with Woody Allen movies. My own theory is that Allen simply became too efficient at getting his movies made %u2014 he works quickly and cheaply and he never has to convince his backers

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
08/25/08
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Woody Allen vuelve sobre ciertos temas de algunas de sus mejores obras (Crímenes y Pecados, Match Point), pero esta vez sin una gran historia que los sustente.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
08/02/08
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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Taken for what it is, and without hoping for another Match Point or Crimes and Misdemeanors, Cassandra's Dream is a fine genre film that succeeds at what it attempts, even if it doesn't attempt all that much.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
07/31/08
Sean Gandert
Paste Magazine
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CASSANDRA'S DREAM is a slow moving character thriller, that isn't always surprising, but for me was very involving. Woody has done it again!

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
07/22/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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07/16/08
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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There is an effortless artistry in this film that may have deceived many. It looks like a trifle but it packs a punch.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
06/02/08
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com
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Two years after Match Point, Allen delivers another London-set murder melodrama, with diminishing returns. [DVD]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/02/08
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
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The film stumbles in its convenient, obvious plot turns, even if much of this is meaningfully thought-provoking.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
05/22/08
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Farrell and McGregor try their best to infuse their shallow characters with potent dramatic spunk, but it's basically Allen's typical neurotic hand-wringing nerds with tacked-on British accents.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
05/15/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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Acaba se boicotando graças ao desfecho simplista e artificial.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/02/08
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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While Allen's Match Point was an interesting switching of gears ... his new mantle of Patricia Highsmith-esque crime chronicler is wearing thin as well.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
05/01/08
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC
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There are shivers of humor from time to time, but the mask in place here is the mask of tragedy.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
03/12/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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Allen comes to the nature of God's omnipresence so often, without varying on either his question or his answers, that his films have increasingly become copies of earlier works, degrading in quality further and further from the original with each successi

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette
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Cassandra's Dream is not a top-notch Woody Allen film, but this dark drama is a worthy addition to the director's career-long search for meaning in a world where randomness and cruelty often reign.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
02/19/08
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
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For those who remember [his Allen's classic films] Cassandra's Dream seems like the work of an imposter.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
02/08/08
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Like Match Point, [it] seems very sharp and focused; for better or worse, it lacks the tangents that both lightened up and diffused the tone in Scoop. That also means that there's not a moment of humor in it.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
02/07/08
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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Cassandra's Dream is second-rate Allen, but it's still compelling thanks to its magnetic co-stars.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
02/03/08
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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It's not completely awful. But it lacks the necessary suspense and the only thing that really holds it together are the performances.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/31/08
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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