Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis
Celebrity, writer-director Woody Allen's only fitfully amusing latest film, at least lives up to its title. Check out Melanie Griffith, Winona Ryder and Bebe Neuwirth. See starlets Charlize Theron and Famke Janssen, both blazing brightly, signal that they're ready for the big time. And, gee, isn't that Leonardo DiCaprio playing a spoiled, hotel room-trashing movie star with recent Vanity Fair cover girl Gretchen Mol hanging on as his honey? But these folks are just passing through. The movie's main characters are Branagh and Davis as a fractious divorced couple. Branagh (whose Allen imitation becomes increasingly annoying) portrays a magazine scribe pathetically sucking up to the celebs about whom he writes. Davis is a frazzled Chaucer scholar who, much to her own surprise, ends up blonde, rich and a TV star. "I've become the kind of woman I've always hated," she says, "and I'm happier." All that's missing is Robin Leach offering his blessing. (R)
Bottom Line: Choppy effort by the Woodman
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