Allen is not like anything else. His characters either. Even when he wants to do a "normal people" story (and that would be... always). Or maybe the problem is ours. We are so paranoiac that we have a hard time believing his paranoiac and nervous characters. They are too real to be true. Adam Sandler got his best feature in this one. Christina Ricci is perfect for the part (she is always perfect, isn't she? Maybe it's all about her total lack of perfection...)
In this "comedy" (in which you will not laugh too much, but maybe even cry a bit), Allen tells the story of two comedians who don't really tell jokes or funny stories. They write them so other people can tell, but you will not see somethings really funny coming out of their mouths. Except for their own feelings, fears and dreams. Could that be comedy? From some point of view, yes, it could. And so my life. And yours. At the most natural way. A very dramatic comedy. Just like anything else. Allen knows how to do it.
In this "comedy" (in which you will not laugh too much, but maybe even cry a bit), Allen tells the story of two comedians who don't really tell jokes or funny stories. They write them so other people can tell, but you will not see somethings really funny coming out of their mouths. Except for their own feelings, fears and dreams. Could that be comedy? From some point of view, yes, it could. And so my life. And yours. At the most natural way. A very dramatic comedy. Just like anything else. Allen knows how to do it.