Celebrity is Allen doing a bitter film about fame in the Stardust
Memories vein mixing in a big dosage of Fellini homages.
Unfortunately the parts don't equal any kind of sum worth talking
about.
The first 30 minutes or so are pretty bad. A few wonderful scenes,
and a great sequence with DiCaprio (he does a good job, but how
its written, edited, paced, is a new Woody at work)is what you
get for sticking to the end.
For Woody fans only, I'm afraid. And then some of them will be
dissapointed. And if you didn't like Deconstructing Harry then
stay far far away from this one.
Branaugh isn't awful becoming Woody Allen and his looks and age
are better suited than Woody himself would have been. Judy Davis
plays a very interesting female Woody. But geesh.. a male and
female version of a similar character we are already overy
familiar with?????
Half of the movie feels like someone's mediocre homage to Woody/Fellini
and Bergman.
