Movie Review: Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell
Rated PG-13
Release date: Jan 18, 2008

"You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly." ---Sandy Bates from Stardust Memories

"If you want a happy ending, you should go see a Hollywood movie." ---Judah Rosenthal from Crimes And Misdemeanors

"People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control." ---Christopher Wilton from Match Point

Cassandra's Dream: Getting Away With It Again

Cassandra's Dream can be seen as the final film in a trilogy of films that began with Crimes and Misdemeanors and continued with Match Point. The three revolve around characters getting away with terrible crimes. While not an official trilogy, the themes that Woody Allen examines in each of these films includes some of his best work. Just as the theme of vengeance linked Chan-wook Park's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance, there is a continuous theme that binds all three of Mr. Allen's films together. Make no mistake about it: Cassandra's Dream is just as unsettling as the previous films. Match Point must have felt like sweet vindication for Woody Allen -- a critical and modest commercial success that reminded many of his long-time fans that he was still very much in the game. As in, Match Point, Woody Allen does not appear in the film, but like all of his films, his surrogate does. I will leave it to you to decide who his alter ego is in this film -- more on that later...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!