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Ferrell takes on the Woodiest character of all as leading-man Hobie??€”another failed actor married to an over-controlling producer (Amanda Peet)—but his performance is unconvincing...
Many will be curious to see how Ferrell fares in high-brow comedy. The frenzied quality of Hobie??€™s self-repression may lend the film an undercurrent of energy, but there is also that nagging feeling that Ferrell is just itching to rip off his clothes and make a penis joke. With little room for off-the-cuff physical comedy and a wishy-washy part, Ferrell languishes...
...Melinda, the genres of tragedy and comedy intermingle to the point that each takes on qualities of the other and neither is convincing. A nervous breakdown is so sudden and half-hearted as to be unaffecting, while the genuinely comic moment is when Hobie??€™s (Ferrell) bath robe gets caught in the front door of Melinda’s apartment. As expected, Allen errs on the side of humor, so that Melinda is really a pairing of two comedies, one darker than the other, neither of which is really funny...
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