Melinda and Melinda
Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it.
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy.To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish.
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $20M
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While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
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Box Office & Release
Melinda and Melinda returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $20M
- Release date
- Dec 22, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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