Café Society

— Not Woody Allen’s best, but better than his mediocre. The story of a Bronx boy looking for fortune in 1930’s Hollywood, finding and loosing love, and returning to New York where he does find fame ticks off classic Woody checkboxes and his stars are right for their jobs, particularly Kristen Stewart who’s the best of the bunch. The sets are perfect, the photography great, and all the parts seem fine, save a script that could use a bit more of the kind of humor Woody’s so good at. At some point I grew a little restless but I was encouraged by a perfect ending for this kind of tale, leaving me liking the film overall. It’s no “Midnight in Paris” or “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, but it’s still a nice little film.

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[2016. 96 min. Written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Jeannie Berlin, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/movies/cafe-society-review-woody-allen.html