The movie was only released to limited theatres, I’m so glad that there are theatres in the Bay Area show it. After seeing The Boy from Oz, I’m almost a Hugh Jackman fan, cuz he’s not only handsome but also charming and intelligent and funny and charismatic. And Woody Allen’s films always have a strange touch that I love. (My fav Woody Allen movie: Bullets over Broadway)
It’s quite good. It gave us laughs from the begining to the end. Some said that they expected much more from Woody Allen. I’m not a big fan of his, I didn’t expect anything deep. As long as it doesn’t give us cheap humor but some decent good laugh, I’m contented.
Let me talk about the actors.
Hugh Jackman’s performance is mediocre. It’s not like he can’t act, but the character itself is pretty flat. All he had to do is to be charm and innocent and show some slyness and a touch of evil. On the other hand, Scarlet Johansson sparkled. When she first appeared as a young American student jounalist, she expressed the dorkiness beautifully. As for the dead jounalist, Ian McShane played the character pretty vividly. And Woody Allen is still a weird old man.
ps. Scarlett Johansson’s younger than I am? Are you kidding me… /_\