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Cassandra's Dream (2007)
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Reviews Counted:114
Fresh:52
Rotten:62
Average Rating:5.7/10
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.
Theatrical Release: Oct 8, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $0.9M
Synopsis: The film is the tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become... [More]
Starring: Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor
Director: Woody Allen
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REVIEWS FOR CASSANDRA'S DREAM
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Jul 6, 2010
By no means is this lukewarm drama Woody Allen's worst work, but it's no dream, either.
Sep 4, 2009
Everything is utterly disengaged
Aug 27, 2009
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Apr 23, 2009
Farrell and McGregor bring much to their roles...to make Cassandra's Dream an effective and chilling ride.
Feb 6, 2009
Top CriticCassandra's Dream is, in fact, not the worst film in the Woodman's oeuvre. But it does tend to underline his weaknesses.
Feb 6, 2009
It's enough to make you pine for the good old days -- back when life was only partly ironic and Woody was totally funny.
Feb 6, 2009
Top CriticWoody Allen still insists on making movies at the rate of one a year, but he clearly needs to slow down. A lot.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticThese characters not only don't talk like working-class Londoners, they don't talk like anyone.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticDisappointing, badly overwritten drama from Woody Allen, rendered almost unwatchable by dreadful Cockney accents from McGregor and Farrell.
Oct 18, 2008
At this point, I guess we should just applaud Allen for his work ethic.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
By the time the blokes played by McGregor and Farrell get around to confronting their misdeeds, they're the only ones who care.
Oct 18, 2008
Allen is notorious for not giving his actors explicit instructions, and yet somehow this worked wonders for Farrell, who has never seemed so naked, so clear and so unencumbered as he does here.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticThe problem is, you don’t feel the human sweat and strain in Cassandra’s Dream, despite game work from Farrell and McGregor. There are plenty of ideas and themes and no people of distinctive interest to enliven them.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticAlthough all the performances are remarkable, the actors can't break free from the too neat-and-tidy script.
Oct 18, 2008
A clumsy, clichéd morality play that may actually represent the lowest point of Allen’s recently chequered career.
Oct 18, 2008
Woody Allen’s neurotic-speak works wonders coming from a New Yorker, but coming from a Brit? Not so much.
Oct 1, 2008
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