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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.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, some sexual material and some sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.

Genre: Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Drama

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... 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 enemies. [More]

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

Starring: Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, John Benfield, Paul Davis, Peter Hugo, Clare Higgins, Ashley Medekwe, Andrew Howard, Keith Smee, Steve Noonan, Dan Carter, Richard Lintern, Jennifer Higham, Lee Whitlock, Michael Harm, Hugh Rathbone, Allan Ramsey, Terry Budin Jones, Franck Viano, Tommy Mack, Milo Bodrozic, Emily Gilchrist, Phil Davis, George Richmond, Phyllis Roberts, Tamzin Outhwaite, Cate Fowler, David Horovitch, Matt Barlock, Jim Carter, Tom Fisher, Paul Gardner, Mark Umbers, Maggie McCarthy, Richard Graham, Ross Boatman

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Vincent Maraval
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.

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REVIEWS FOR CASSANDRA'S DREAM

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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

By no means is this lukewarm drama Woody Allen's worst work, but it's no dream, either.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
Sep 4, 2009
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

Everything is utterly disengaged

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 27, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Mark Bazer
Mark Bazer
Boston Phoenix

Farrell and McGregor bring much to their roles...to make Cassandra's Dream an effective and chilling ride.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
Feb 6, 2009
Linda Barnard
Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
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Cassandra's Dream is, in fact, not the worst film in the Woodman's oeuvre. But it does tend to underline his weaknesses.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
Feb 6, 2009
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

It's enough to make you pine for the good old days -- back when life was only partly ironic and Woody was totally funny.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
Feb 6, 2009
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Woody Allen still insists on making movies at the rate of one a year, but he clearly needs to slow down. A lot.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Steve Rose
Steve Rose
Guardian [UK]
N/R

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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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These characters not only don't talk like working-class Londoners, they don't talk like anyone.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
Slate
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Disappointing, badly overwritten drama from Woody Allen, rendered almost unwatchable by dreadful Cockney accents from McGregor and Farrell.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

At this point, I guess we should just applaud Allen for his work ethic.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Oct 18, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By the time the blokes played by McGregor and Farrell get around to confronting their misdeeds, they're the only ones who care.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

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.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The 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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Although all the performances are remarkable, the actors can't break free from the too neat-and-tidy script.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

A clumsy, clichéd morality play that may actually represent the lowest point of Allen’s recently chequered career.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Damon Wise
Damon Wise
Empire Magazine

Woody Allen’s neurotic-speak works wonders coming from a New Yorker, but coming from a Brit? Not so much.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Oct 1, 2008
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com
 
 
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