As a Woody Allen fan of long standing I don’t tend to see his movies based on the poster. MANHATTAN is obviously a standout but generally the emphasis is on the star names the director has managed to attract. WHATEVER WORKS featured a half-arsed shrug from Larry David as the credits emblazoned his crotch and the forthcoming release of MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT takes a similarly thrown-together approach…
I think the idea is supposed to be that Emma Stone’s character annoys Colin Firth, but whatever the concept the flat, washed-out style of this doesn’t do it for me. What does grab the attention are the players, laid out in classic Allen font – a blend where Hollywood types rub shoulders with Eileen Atkins (Upstairs Downstairs) and Simon McBurney (Rev). They’ll be surrounding Firth’s master magician, who is summoned to the Jazz Age French Riviera to investigate Stone’s suspicious spiritualist.
The jaunt arrives July 25th and you can check out the trailer here.
Source: Moviefone
