Irrational Man

— Mildly clever romp with signature Woody Allen wit, offbeat humor, and unfolding of storyline. The film gets better as it goes along, and Joaquin Phoenix is an interesting lead, almost speaking against the natural cadence of Woody’s writing and getting away with it, and working well with a delightful Emma Stone. It rambles a bit and the root of the main character’s existential crisis is never very clear, but the moral elasticity that brings him out of it and takes him from ethical dilemma to questionable ethics is interesting enough. Although I enjoyed the film—it was far better than last year’s dreadful “Magic in the Moonlight”—it wasn’t as enjoyable as some of Woody’s other films in the past decade, I liked “Midnight in Paris,” “Blue Jasmine”, “To Rome with Love”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, or “Match Point” more.

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[2015, 96 min. Written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, and Joe Stapleton.]
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