Eric D. Snider  You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger  Movie Review
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger  by Eric D. Snider  Grade: C-
Released: September 22, 2010   Directed by:   It is generally
held that the Woody Allen comedies in which Allen does not
appear tend to be inferior to the ones in which he does -- maybe
because there's usually a character who represents him, and
nobody plays Woody Allen better than Woody Allen. "You Will Meet
a Tall Dark Stranger" provides more evidence for this theory.
Allen is nowhere to be seen, and it's the least amusing comedy
he's made in a decade.  The film begins with an unseen narrator
reminding us that "Shakespeare said life was full of sound and
fury and in the end signified nothing," so I guess it shouldn't
be a surprise when the film winds up not meaning anything,
either. Shot in London, it's a drab, half-hearted story about
people who are either cheating on their partners or seeking the
opportunity to do so. The grass is always greener on the other
side, etc. (Shake