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Melinda and Melinda - Apparently, I am unknowingly attracted to Woody Allen films. This is film starring Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Chloe Sevigny and an unknown to me - Radha Mitchell.

The movie starts off with friends at dinner. One of the friends is a pessimist and views the world accordingly. Another friend sees humor in everything and is optimistic. A third friend then presents a situation to the two. The movie then proceeds according to each one's take on the same situation only slightly tweaked by each one's vision. The set up is a husband and wife are throwing a dinner party when Melinda (Radha Mitchell) shows up unexpectedly. The movie weaves the two views with sporadic touching base with the storytellers.

I liked the film. I especially liked the more humorous storyline but that is only because I love Will Ferrell. He is great as an out of work actor who is married to a director looking for funding. The more melancholic storyline is also appealing. The two storylines balanced each other out. It was fun seeing the same or similar ideas/plots being treated so differently. I think this is a worthwhile rent if you are a Woody Allen fan - because this like almost all his movies has his finger prints all of over it.