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Melinda and Melinda (2004)
6.5
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 17,495 users
Metascore:
54/100
Reviews: 170 user | 169 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com
Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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| Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | ||
| Will Ferrell | ... | ||
| Jonny Lee Miller | ... |
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| Radha Mitchell | ... | ||
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| Chloë Sevigny | ... |
Laurel
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| Wallace Shawn | ... |
Sy
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| David Aaron Baker | ... |
Steve Walsh
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| Arija Bareikis | ... |
Sally Oliver
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| Josh Brolin | ... | ||
| Steve Carell | ... |
Walt
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Stephanie Roth Haberle | ... |
Louise
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| Shalom Harlow | ... |
Joan
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| Geoffrey Nauffts | ... |
Bud Silverglide
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Peter
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Storyline
Over a meal in a French restaurant, Sy poses a conundrum to his fellow diners: Is the essence of life comic or tragic? For the sake of argument, he tells a story, which the others then embellish to illustrate their takes on life. The story starts as follows: A young Manhattan couple, Park Avenue princess Laurel and tippling actor Lee, throw a dinner party to impress Lee's would-be producer when their long-lost friend Melinda appears at their front door, bedraggled and woebegone. In the tragic version of what happens next, the beautiful intruder is a disturbed woman who got bored with her Midwestern doctor-husband and dumped him for a photographer. Her husband took the children away and she spiraled into a suicidal depression that landed her straight-jacketed in a mental ward. In the comic version, Melinda is childless and a downstairs neighbor to the dinner hosts, who are ambitious Indy filmmaker Susan and under-employed actor Hobie... Written by Sujit R. Varma
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Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for adult situations involving sexuality, and some substance material See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(Spain) See more »Also Known As:
Melinda y Melinda See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
€769,112 (Spain) (31 October 2004) (156 Screens)Gross:
$3,825,351 (USA) (19 June 2005)Company Credits
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Fox Searchlight Pictures, Gravier Productions, LF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Hobie: Yeah, but if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no fun to be around anybody who's everybody.
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(1939)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Edgar De Lange (as Eddie DeLange)
Performed by Dick Hyman See more »
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Winona Ryder was originally cast as Melinda, but was forced to drop out because no agency would insure her due to her famous arrest for shoplifting. Woody Allen stated in the book "Conversations with Woody Allen" that he wanted to cast Ryder, but he couldn't get a bonding on her. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Melinda, Walt and Hobie are watching the first race at the race track, Walt says, "No! You did not bet on Bedazzler! That's a nine-to-one horse!" There then follows a scene of Melinda and Hobie talking, following by another scene of them watching a horse race with Walt, in which the dialogue track has been removed from underneath the musical score. However, if you look at Walt's lips during this second scene, he is clearly saying, once again, "No! You did not bet on Bedazzler! That's a nine-to-one horse!" See more »Quotes
Susan: I wish we could afford a place in the Hamptons. Everybody who's anybody has one.Hobie: Yeah, but if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no fun to be around anybody who's everybody.
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Soundtracks
"Darn That Dream"(1939)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Edgar De Lange (as Eddie DeLange)
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