With Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen let us into a filmmaking style, even while satirizing it (what if a Director turns blind and doesn't wish to stop shooting!); In Melinda & Melinda he takes us a little closer to his thought process while narrating a story. Two people discuss how a single incident ("A bunch of friends are having a jolly Dinner and a woman walks into them..." scenario) can be narrated either as a Comedy or a Drama. Both have similar storylines, but how the characters respond and how they feel about it are presented in opposite moods.
Two set of Actors (except Melinda) for the two alternative lines lets you focus on how the storyline unfold. A truly Woody Allen (for once, you he doesn't feature in his film) classic made possible by Will Ferrell and Radha Mitchell.
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