2004 · comedy · drama
Melinda and Melinda
Directed by Woody Allen1h 40m2004
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Our read: Melinda and Melinda (2004) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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