Say what you want about Mr Allen, Woody sure can write and direct an interesting film. Well acted, fascinating, and funny look at a dark character, a writer who’s had three wives and six shrinks. A pill popping, booze swigging, whorring, philandering, talented writer. Very funny stuff. It has the look of self-criticism, but may be (and I think this is more likely) a joke on the audience with Allen saying, “ok, this is what they expect me to be, so they’ll think its really semi-autobiographical”. Little parts of himself, but the big criticisms are just pure imagination. His level of self-criticism (not self-awareness) is not that deep. . It is, however, a good film to watch. A very funny movie that’s also quite dark