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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019810647
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Running Time: 109 minutes
Sales Rank: 4381
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as working class brothers whose dreams of better lives leads to desperation, greed and deadly betrayal. When gambling debt and an expensive courtship place them in a financial bind, a rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton) offers them an out in exchange for committing murder. Featuring gripping performances from an all-star cast; 'this family tragedy puts us near the edge of our seats and pulls us right along on its downward spiral' (William Arnold, Seattle Post Intelligencer). Woody Allen returns in razor-sharp form with this 'intense, intelligently-written and directed,' (Jeffrey Lyons, Reel Talk) thriller that challenges how far a man should go in the name of family.
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Scottish Ewan McGregor and Irish Colin Farrell play two Cockney brothers who get in over their heads when a wealthy relative asks for a favor. Woody Allen's sleek thriller Cassandra's Dream begins in innocent times: Ian (McGregor) and Terry (Farrell) buy a sailboat and name it Cassandra's Dream. But soon Terry falls afoul of gambling debts and Ian falls head over heels for a sultry actress who doesn't take him seriously, leading them to ask their uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) for money, which he's happy to give them--if they'll get rid of a man who's going to testify against him. The first half of Cassandra's Dream zips along with short, concise scenes and charismatic performances by the lead lads. Newcomer Hayley Atwell (Brideshead Revisited) is alluring as the actress, while Sally Hawkins (Persuasion) brings warmth and sympathy to the underwritten role of Terry's girlfriend Kate. The second half--as with many of Allen's later films--seems to run out of steam, though there's still much to admire about Allen's clean, unfussy filmmaking. Regrettably, he seems to have lost the ability to sustain his imaginative spark. The weakness is in the writing; too many of the characters are barely sketched and clumsy lines of dialogue jar the ear in otherwise well-shaped scenes. But just when you're ready to throw up your hands, there's a moment of understated grace, in which Allen's simple visuals capture something with crystalline clarity. Cassandra's Dream is a frustrating movie, but it has its rewards. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  - A Spine-tingling Fable. . .
Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream" is a tightly-wound fable about the morality and consequences of overweening ambition. Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as two working-class brothers who start out with outsized dreams but end up with a wealth of troubles wrought by obsessive social climbing. Ian (McGregor) passes himself off as a high-rolling property investor/developer, largely to impress his paramour, an alluring actress with a wondering eye (Hayley Atwell), while Terry (Farrell) sinks into ... Read More
Rating:  - Masterpiece! Neo-Nazi's need not read! Review is protected under the Constitution!
Most people aren't qualified to give an opinion as to whether or not Soap is a cleaning product. Roger Ebert is a proud anti-semite. Hollywood and their Rags hate Woody Allen as they make no money from his films. I have known Mr. Allen for over 35 years. He is the ONLY Bona Fide Genius making films today.
Cassandra's Dream is a Masterwork. It's cast is 2nd rate with exception to Ewan. If you are simply angry that this film is not Annie Hal, you have been out of touch for almost 2 decades. This ... Read More
Rating: - Choices
"Cassandra's Dreams" is an interesting Woody Allen film.It has a lot of the elements of "Match Point" but it does not quite rise to that level.The essential reason for that is that the audience is asked to buy into two successive choices that our lead character has to make.The writer/director has certainly done a good job of making his case for those two choices.However, many might buy into the first one but the second one may have been a choice too far.As a result it will, for many, end up ... Read More
Rating:  - Still Looking For Woody
Okay, so Woody goes overseas (to London)in his role as director this time, gets two nice young working class brothers to commit to helping out dear old rich Uncle (he is family, after all) get rid of (for good, get it) a pesky member of his organization. The trials and tribulations (to speak nothing of the dialogue) are a little bit much as the two members of the gang who couldn't shoot straight are too far from Jersey to make this work, especially when one brother gets a little too remorseful for uncle ... Read More
Rating: - An "Interesting" Woody Allen
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I love the films written and directed by Woody Allen.Comedy or drama, even when he's not on top of his game, his pictures are, at the very least, "interesting".
Admittedly, CASSANDRA'S DREAM (2007) is not one of his best, primarily because it's a bit too long and the story's focus wanders off into unnecessary tangents.On the other hand, the performances are uniformly gripping and Allen's simplicity in staging his scenes is always ... Read More
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