Woody Allen’s movies have almost always been well-received in France, safe for a few exceptions. Even his ill-received latter-day works like “Cafe Society,” “Wonder Wheel,” and “Rainy Day in New York” (all solid) garnered raves from French critics.
His latest film, “Rifkin’s Festival,” which had a very limited U.S. release earlier in the year, was released in France today. I was underwhelmed by the film when I saw it via screener back in late 2020. The French seem to agree with me on this one.
“Rifkin’s Festival” has a tepid 2.9 score on AlloCine. So, that settles it, the film, as I said a few months back, is truly one of the worst of Allen’s career. I don’t even think any of his other features have ever gotten a rating this low on AlloCine.
“Rifkin’s Festival” is Allen’s 49th film as a director. It was shot in San Sebastian, Spain and stars Christoph Waltz, Gina Gershon, Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, and Sergi Lopez.
Now the question is whether Spidey can become the first movie to cross $1 billion domestically. With its legs having slowed down, and $63M in receipts still needed, I highly doubt it.