The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Please don't spend money on this.
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Cafe Society is the first film with Woody Allen associated with it I've seen unless you count Antz and he is fantastic with the offbeat comedy and drama. It follows a young man named Bobby (Jessie Eisenberg) as he moves to Hollywood to get a job from his uncle (Steve Carell) who is a Hollywood producer and falls in love with Veronica "Vonnie" (Kristen Stewart) as he slowly gets more connections and rises to more importance. The film is funny and upbeat with an excellent 30's jazz filed soundtrack, great performances, and hilarious bits thrown in amongst a slightly boring and predictable but well directed and acted period piece comedy about showbiz. 8.5/10
The feature starts out introducing Phil Stern (Steve Carell), a millionaire Hollywood agent. His party is interrupted by a phone call from New York. His sister (Jeannie Berlin) lets him know Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) hates his job and is coming out to California. After a few attempts, Bobby gets to meet Phil who takes care of him. Bobby is odd man out in a love triangle and returns to NY where he works a night club for his criminal brother Ben (Corey Stoll). The film has Woody Allen all over it. Jesse Eisenberg plays the Allen persona perfectly as his lines ooze and drip with subtle irony. The odd prostitute scene with Anna Camp, Leonard asking a man to turn down his radio, and the theological musings toward the end, and the spring-autumn romance is just a continuation of over-all Allen humor.The film starts about 1935, that is when "The Woman in Red" played in the theaters, although I don't think there is an effective time line going forward. Sadly, Eisenberg and Stewart create a different chemistry than what they had in "American Ultra." Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
Woody Allen's latest showcase "Cafe Society" gets the Woody nostalgic fever again and travels back to Los Angeles in the 1930's. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Bobby, a young Jewish New Yorkan who moves to Los Angeles in hopes of finding success. Bobby reaches out to his estranged Hollywood mogul uncle named Phil Stern played by Steve Carell. Initially, Phil is very stern in helping Bobby get a foot in the door, but then he obliges to Bobby's request. There, Bobby falls for the beautiful Stern assistant Vonnie played by Kristen Stewart. Eventually, Bobby then gets caught up in "bizarre love triangle" that doesn't necessarily follow a "new order". Allen does a modest job in helming and scribing the picture, but this not in his elite of his film society bio. None of the performances were striking, but I must say that Stewart does the best work in her career here as Vonnie. I would get in the "Cafe Society" if I were you, but I would not trample anyone in doing so. **** Good
I could have spent the 1h 35 minutes length of this movie watching the traffic moving by from my living room window and be more entertained! Boring is the only word I can come up to describe this movie. Really, go take a walk, browse the web, check some kittens on Facebook...it all will be more meaningful in the end than watching this trite, soapy, stereotyped, boooriiiiiing movie! BTW...I used to love Woody Allen movies, but now I think he just keeps making movies because he can, although he has nothing left to show us! Boring! No redeeming qualities, boring! Did I mention how boring this movie is?