Mild expectations – the best way to approach a Woody Allen film – will aid enjoyment of this slight experiment that plays with the forms of tragedy and comedy. Two parallel narratives – one serious, the other comic – follow a troubled woman (Radha Mitchell both times) who crashes a dinner party. With Will Ferrell (adding his own tics to the requisite Allen impersonation), Amanda Peet, Chloe Sevigny and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
