Film Review – The Longest Week

There’s influence and then there’s theft. “The Longest Week” lands somewhere between the two extremes, with writer/director Peter Glanz making sure the world understands that he loves the work of Woody Allen and Wes Anderson. It’s difficult to understand why Glanz submits totally to his tributes, as his own work loses its identity along the way, suffocated by an onslaught of memorable filmmaking originally articulated by better filmmakers. I’m all for a celebration of the movies we love, but “The Longest Week” quickly becomes mimicry, losing any emotional pull as it strives to preserve the hospital corners of other, better helmers. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com