After a failed suicide attempt, brilliant New York misanthrope Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) forsakes his posh upper-class existence for meager accommodations in Chinatown. He meets his exact opposite in Melody (Evan Rachel Wood), a pageant queen from the Deep South who's long on sweetness but short on smarts. Surprisingly, Boris and Melody marry, but the sparks really fly when Melody's born-again Christian mother (Patricia Clarkson) arrives and finds liberation instead of damnation.
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Woody Allen has aged into that grandpa you hate taking out to Cracker Barrel because you never know what might come out of that mouth. He's still got the occasional Oscar-worthy bit of wit in him. He can still land Penelope Cruz an Oscar for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." But the clunky and dated "Hollywood Endings" and "Scoops" come along so often that it's a relief when he doesn't embarrass himself. (Full review)