I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Too much of everything

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

SPOILER: I thought the Abe character played by Joaquin Phoenix was fairly interesting, as well as Parker Posey's. The academic setting in beautiful Newport was nice to look at- but what began as an interesting relationship between Jill (Emma Stone) and Joaquin takes a mean turn. I started to hate Emma's character--she was mean to her boyfriend before dumping him for Abe, then becomes morally outraged when she finds out Abe killed a dishonest judge whom Jill hated for making life miserable for this woman whose conversation they over heard at a diner. I wanted both Abe and Jill to go down that elevator shaft. A total bummer of an ending.

Woody does such great stuff to horrid...this is horrid...i started it and realized i've seen it...Like Clerks and other 'writers' films i just watch 'puppets' mouth Woody's words as he is still struggling to 'understand it all' and 'try to figure it out'...Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Match Point are great flicks...'Match Point' answers the questions put forth in this film or does a better job of creating the right questions...the entire show can be summed up with the professor's statement 'philosophy is verbal masturbation'...i think Woody may have put a stop to actual masturbation for awhile and replaced it with the words in this show to stick in actors mouths...Norman Mailer was asked about masturbation and said he doesn't masturbate because 'it all goes up in the hand'...writing is masturbation...the trick is to disguise the ego so the words look like they could be said in 'real life'...there is nothing real about this...i've walked campuses with many a professor and no good professor or student has such corny tones of voice like these actors do...they sleep walk through this...and the entire flick was mis-cast with the start of Phoenix being a terrible choice...words words words all amounting to psychobabble jabberwocky. the show is not worth watching

Woody Allen at his best "To love is to suffer. ... Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy." Woody Allen Woody Allen at 81 and perhaps counted in few intellect US film directors today celebrating his birthday.Woody Allen, who has niche audience; in one of his interview from UK Guardian he said, "My intention was people would pay their money and have some kind of human experience." Woody Allen started his career as a comedian in1950s, wrote jokes and scripts for television and publishing books. In 1960s, Allen began explored his hand in stand-up comedy, this world of comedy shaped his persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful snobbish.Allen started writing and directing films in 1960s, So far he has directed over 40 films are Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). In 2007 he said Stardust Memories (1980), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), and Match Point (2005) were his best films. Critic Roger Ebert described Allen as "a treasure of the cinema." Allen won four Academy Awards: three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director (Annie Hall). He also won nine British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. His screenplay for Annie Hall was named the funniest screenplay by the Writers Guild of America in its list of the "101 Funniest Screenplays." In 2011, PBS televised the film biography, Woody Allen: A Documentary, on the American Masters TV series.I remember his film Melinda and Melinda, I watched all his film in theaters or archives but this film was very rare to his fans. This film did not make a good fortune on box office and fetched no awards to him. I was curious to watch this film as this film is a discussion about life, the 4 people who sit on dining table talk about a fictitious character Melinda and takes her life ahead, one say, life is a comedy and show Melinda journey it turnout to be a black comedy and one say life is a tragedy and shows Melina journey but it turns out to be comedy. They conclude, 'it is our perception what matters and not the situation'."I'm probably more interested in eternal human feelings and conflicts. If I make a good film, it will always be good. The same feelings and problems will persist 5000 years from now. Like the Greek tragedies which still touch us today, which still work." (Woody Allen SPIGEL TV interview June 20, 2005 ) It was the first time when I searched all VCD stores of town and accidentally got the VCD in gray market. It proved to be a trove for me. Today on the birthday of Woody Allen I am offering my greeting through this article. I am sure he will touch 100 if not 150 and he will make more film which talks on life.

OK, I get where the negative reviewers are coming from--the plot seemed formulaic at times. That being said, Allen executes it well and manages to make it seem fresh. I was taken completely by surprise by much of the film. I love Joaquin Phoenix, even more-so after this movie. Wow.Also, as someone who enjoys literature and philosophy, the quotes thrown into the script were great; one of my favorites was "in order to really see the world, we must break with our familiar acceptance of it". This made me pause the movie and look up the quote's author (Merleau-Ponty), and any movie that makes you think and learn new things like that is surely worthwhile.Give it a chance. I almost didn't watch it, but am sure glad I did.Honestly, one of my new favorite movies.