Movie
Melinda and Melinda
Overview
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-12-22
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Gravier Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ellis Moonsong
- Will Ferrell as Hobie
- Jonny Lee Miller as Lee
- Radha Mitchell as Melinda Robicheaux
- Amanda Peet as Susan
- Chloë Sevigny as Laurel
- Wallace Shawn as Sy
- David Aaron Baker as Steve
- Arija Bareikis as Sally Oliver
- Josh Brolin as Greg
- Steve Carell as Walt
- Stephanie Roth Haberle as Louise
Crew
- Woody Allen - Director
- Woody Allen - Writer
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