CAFE SOCIETY
Watchable. It's about how people delude themselves. I remember hearing from Piotr Tymochowicz that, when he talked to several murderer's mothers, they always believed their sons were "such good boys" deep in heart. Of course Woody Allen is about sharp observation and humour. So here we get a family believing their relative is a businessman, not a gangster. We've also got two people deluding themselves they're not in love. It's still Allen but long past his best productions and while it's full of wit, it's not laugh-out-loud funny. Just an ordinary rom-com.
TUMBLEDOWN
Watchable. The dog scenes, though far and few between, are the highlights. American smalltown lifestyle may be another attraction. Other than that it's a very morose (no rom-com here, in spite of Jason Sudeikis) story of love and mourning. And hardly plausible in that as nothing brings the two together for the whole movie and then suddenly they've fallen for each other?!The film's about a musician but the soundtrack is just so-so. It's inspirated by a true story but, sadly, not all true stories are worth a film. And certainly not when it's the scriptwriter's own story. The worst literature I've read always resulted from the writer's broken or mended heart. Film scripts are no exception here.
KOBIETY BEZ WSTYDU
Watchable. Advertised as a rom-com it's far from that. I laughed only twice. The women are beautiful but the story is silly and sexist, it's similar to "Och, Karol" but much less amusing. In the middle the story diverts towards crime. The gangster oil tycoon looks like Jan Kulczyk - Poland's late richest man. I wonder how his family is going to react.
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