Cassandra's Dream
2007
**
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson, Phil Davis, Clare Higgins
Woody Allen's third and final film set in the UK continues in the same somber mode as Match Point and Scoop. This one is a clumsy and unoriginal morality play about two brothers. Terry urgently needs £90.000 to pay off his gambling debts, and his brother Ian needs funds to keep up appearances as a successful businessman. Their wealthy uncle comes up with a proposition that solves their financial worries but leaves them morally bankrupt. The characters are uninteresting and their rarely believable story leads to one of the lamest endings in living memory. The performances, especially that of Colin Farrell, are best left forgotten. Soundtrack by Philip Glass.
