Farrell and McGregor try their best to infuse their shallow characters with potent dramatic spunk, but it's basically Allen's typical neurotic hand-wringing nerds with tacked-on British accents.

Acaba se boicotando graças ao desfecho simplista e artificial.

While Allen's Match Point was an interesting switching of gears ... his new mantle of Patricia Highsmith-esque crime chronicler is wearing thin as well.

There are shivers of humor from time to time, but the mask in place here is the mask of tragedy.

This is Colin Farrell's best work in years and proof that Woody Allen is an old dog, and these are new tricks.

Cassandra's Dream is not a top-notch Woody Allen film, but this dark drama is a worthy addition to the director's career-long search for meaning in a world where randomness and cruelty often reign.

For those who remember [his Allen's classic films] Cassandra's Dream seems like the work of an imposter.

Like Match Point, [it] seems very sharp and focused; for better or worse, it lacks the tangents that both lightened up and diffused the tone in Scoop. That also means that there's not a moment of humor in it.

Cassandra's Dream is second-rate Allen, but it's still compelling thanks to its magnetic co-stars.

It's not completely awful. But it lacks the necessary suspense and the only thing that really holds it together are the performances.