In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York, he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Read more …
Woody Allen's latest awkward romance is visually stunning, but narratively underdeveloped.
Notable for a superb Kristen Stewart performance, this entertaining lament to old Hollywood and lost love sits between major and minor Woody.
The veteran director delivers more cinematic comfort food for grown-ups, helped by classy turns from Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
Bittersweet period Woody. Fine.
n essence Café Society is very hit and miss with moments that delight and performances that strike all the right notes alongside a laboured, over-busy plot and elements that never quite gel.
Jesse Eisenberg is suitably jittery as the director’s alter ego, but it’s Kristen Stewart’s naturalism that carries the movie.
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