Elaborately plotted, perfunctorily directed, unevenly acted and short on verbal wit.

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.

It's interesting and worthwhile, with creative vitamins that are absent in so much of what fills the cinemas.

One of Woody Allen’s worst films, this is a flaccid piece that offers nothing in the way of stimulating drama or stirring comedy.