Café Society

2016 "Anyone who is anyone will be seen at Café Society."
6.6| 1h37m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 15 July 2016 Released
Producted By: Gravier Productions
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.cafesocietymovie.com/#
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The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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Drama, Comedy, Romance

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Director

Woody Allen

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Gravier Productions

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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Lightdeossk Captivating movie !
Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
namashi_1 'Café Society' is a yet another winner from The Legendary Woody Allen. And the predominant reason, being, his PASSION for telling Stories to this date. Allen delivers a charming, heartfelt Romantic-Comedy-Drama, that celebrates life & love.'Café Society' Synopsis: In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.Woody Allen is a Master at his craft & 'Café Society' proves that fact right yet again. Allen's Writing delves into the lives of flawed human beings & how emotions can overcome us at all times. Its engrossing to see its underdog leading-man falter in life & love, only to realize that experiences define us, for better or worse. Allen's Screenplay is consistently engaging & offers humor in the most unexpected places. Typical Allen.Allen's Direction is excellent, as always. Even his Voice-Over work here almost throughout the film, is delightful. Vittorio Storaro's Cinematography is superb. Alisa Lepselter's Editing is crisp. The Art & Costume Design take us back in time & offer authenticity. Performance-Wise: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll and Ken Stott, all are up for vie top honors. Eisenberg channels vintage Woody with fascinating results, while Stewart oozes naturalness. Carell is effortless, as ever. Parker Posey stands out. Her body-language speaks in volumes.On the whole, 'Café Society' is a must see.
Dennis Littrell I watched this more out of curiosity more than anything else and found it surprisingly good. I was surprised since Woody Allen was 80-years-old when this came out in 2016. It's rare to do such fine work in any artistic endeavor at such an advanced age. Of course the opportunity to direct Kristen Stewart was no doubt an incentive. It could be that Woody wrote this years ago and only decided to turn it into a movie when he got the very talented Vittorio Storaro to do the cinematography. The co-incidence of uncle and nephew (unbeknownst to either one of them) falling in love with the same woman Vonnie (Stewart) was handled skillfully, especially the sequence of events that led to first Phil Stern (Steve Carell) and then Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg ) discovering their surprising rival.In addition to this being a beautiful film with a lot of pleasing 1930's era atmosphere it is also very cleanly directed by the old master. There is no clutter, virtually everything in the plot is necessary and I was pleased with the realistic treatment of love sadly lost, and then the possibility of it being rekindled as an illicit affair, and then… Well, I won't say. See the movie. It's definitely worth watching.One more thing: Kristen Stewart at 26 was as pretty as pretty can be.--Dennis Littrell, author of the movie review book, "Cut to the Chaise Lounge or I Can't Believe I Swallowed the Remote"
adonis98-743-186503 In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man. I'm not really a big Woody Allen fan to be honest and i really don't like him as an actor or a person but 'Cafe Society' is probably one of his best works in quite some time, the performances by both Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg are quite charming and this 2 do have a great chemistry together i mean this is their 3rd work together. Steve Carell doesn't get to do much but his good as well and he gets to challenge a different kind of role this time the same goes for Corey Stoll. Now the film does have it's flaws mostly with it's narrative that it's kinda slow and the whole love story that does go back and forward many times but it's a nice and charming film with some good performances, some really good sets and a love letter to Classic Old Hollywood that i think that some people will eventually enjoy if not love. (7/10)
fionadp Cafe Society is a term used to describe an elite (shallow) group of wealthy and/or famous people who participate in social activities that are unreachable to ordinary people. This film mainly centers around (1) early Hollywood and (2) the main character's dysfunctional family.The leading actor is not a convincing innocent & all the characters have a debased & distorted view of personal morality.Unfortunately this movie provides clear evidence of anti-Christian bias on the part of the filmmakers.The mockery & derision of Christianity seems to be the prevalent norm among films being released by Hollywood,there are virtually no films with positive Christian portrayals.The protagonists brother Ben commits a murder and is given a sentence of capital punishment for his crimes,he converts to Christianity for its promise of an everlasting life after death. In the scene where the characters are discussing his decision and the concept of heaven, his Jewish mother states: "First a murderer then a Christian? What did I do to deserve this"Blasphemous Posturing & Hostility Masquerading As Humour. The film industry in the USA have normalized what was once considered deviant and are defining as deviant what was once considered normal.Lower standards and moral relativism are promoted by movies like this. Deviant and normal have officially swapped places when it is acceptable humour to put Christians on a par with murderers