Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Starring: Will Ferrell, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn
Released: May 26, 2005
Rating: (M)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Story: Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of the cast. All the usual Allen areas are explained - the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, "He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place."
Cast:
Wallace Shawn Sy
Neil Pepe Al
Stephanie Roth Haberle Louise
Larry Pine Max
Radha Mitchell Melinda
Michael J. Farina Man with Dog
Jonny Lee Miller Lee
Chloe Sevigny Laurel
Matt Servitto Jack
Arija Bareikis Sally
Brooke Smith Cassie
Zak Orth Peter
Will Ferrell Hobie
Andy Borowitz Doug
Amanda Peet Susan