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A burned-out, brilliant philosophy professor, who is in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he moves to a small town campus for a new job and enters into a relationship with his student. He now sees the world through a much rosier and more positive perspective.
After a late wobble or two, Irrational Man packs a final, farcical punch that feels just right.
August 14, 2015
Correcámara
It won't surprise anyone looking for something new from Allen, but you can find some of the themes in his other work with a different focus. [Full review in Spanish]
It works, more or less; the three central actors are all terrific, particularly Posey, who finds something vulnerable and touching in Rita. But you watch it thinking of other, better Allen movies ...
In the end, this feeble effort remains tainted, however unfairly, by the creator's personal life. Maybe Allen should have titled it "Rationalizing Man."
As is often the case with Allen's narratives, the morality issues at work here reflect what seems to be the director's own conviction -- that conventional standards of good and evil should not be imposed on brilliant people like Abe... or himself.