You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010, Drama/Comedy, 1h 38m
137 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
It's sporadically amusing, and typically well-cast, but You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger isn't one of Woody Allen's more inspired late-period efforts. Read critic reviews
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Roy
Alfie
Helena Shepridge
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Critic Reviews for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
All Critics (137) | Top Critics (52) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (74)
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Elaborately plotted, perfunctorily directed, unevenly acted and short on verbal wit.
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A narrator alerts us at the outset that this tale is (to quote Macbeth) "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". I suppose we should be thankful for the warning.
March 18, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
It's interesting and worthwhile, with creative vitamins that are absent in so much of what fills the cinemas.
March 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Frothy but uninvolving. Again.
March 17, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
When I saw the words "Tin Ear Production Company" in the end credits, I wasn't sure if it was a joke or a piece of authorial honesty.
March 17, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… -
There's plenty of ambiguous intellectual heft lurking behind the curtain of mediocrity - so it's a pity it feels like it was dashed off in a few hours one afternoon.
March 16, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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Jun 29, 2013Middling Woody, a cast of talented actors portray a bunch of not terribly interesting or for that matter likable people.jay n Super Reviewer
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Jan 07, 2013Despite a few funny moments, its still kind of boring. One of Allen's lesser efforts.Hugo S Super Reviewer
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Jan 06, 2013Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger falls into the passable, discernibly Woody-like, but certainly not one of the best, Woody Allen films. It follows two married couples, and the people within the relationships who decide, to their own detriment, that the grass is always greener on the other side. Like all Woody Allen comedies, it has its moments, with some strong situational and sarcastic humor, with the typical Allen flair for smart dialogue. However, it's occasionally tedious in what it has to say, often re-using the same joke, and never quite delivering anything especially insightful or unique. The film is acted well, with a strong cast of English and American actors. The chemistry on screen is noticeable, but the material just doesn't offer much for them to really elevate the film. It's message is too familiar for Woody, and the delivery is not particularly poignant or biting, like some of his best work. Ultimately, it's still smarter than the vast majority of romantic comedies out there, but isn't one of his best pieces. 3/5 StarsJeffrey M Super Reviewer
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Sep 20, 2012I'm not sure why this film doesn't get better ratings, but my hunch is that it's because, compared to other Woody Allen everyone's-lusting-after-everyone-else ensemble films, this one's rather humourless. I thought that Brolin and Watts played a good exasperated couple, and that Lucy Punch was incredible as the mother-in-law that pushes every button Brolin's character has. Plus, as usual for Allen, there's a fascination with death on display, and the psychics and seances lighten the rest of the story's mood, which is a sombre one given that it's basically about writer's block and the dissolution of what should be a promising marriage. I really got into the characters, though - despite how despicable the writer Brolin played was - and I thought the story was captivating, if a little twee as it approached the end. A good film, or maybe, as a writer myself, one I'd have liked no matter what. In any case, I guarantee that it's not as bad as you've heard.Daniel P Super Reviewer
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Quotes
| Alfie: | The dead are the stiffest competition. No pun intended. |
| Helena: | The dead are the stiffest competition. No pun intended. |
| Roy: | You inspire me. |
| Sally: | There is no such thing as predicting the future! |
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