A model in screen writing, the master constructs the beautifullest of dramatic ironies - both Jesse Eisenberg and uncle Steve Carell are in love with the same woman (Kristen Stewart).. then halfway through, in joyous Woody Allen style, another story entirely takes place. Mob scenes featuring Corey Stoll are actually quite tough, for him. Seems to pack more in than most films of equivalent running time, something you seem now only to find in vintage films. Talking of which it's fun to guess what year we are actually in amidst welter of film and people name drops.
Blake Lively is the second Veronica. With Parker Posey and Paul Schneider ('I'm a writer - you wouldn't have heard of me'), Jeannie Berlin, Ken Stott, Kelly Rohrbach, Tony Sirico.
Absolutely incredible cinematography from Vittorio Storaro, who bathes the eyes (not for the first time) in colour.
You have to watch out for some of this tricky Jewish reasoning, e.g. celebrating life's meaninglessness, and 'No answer is an answer'.
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