Movie review: "To Rome With Love"

I watched "To Rome With Love" at The Roxy last night. Loved the a/c at the theatre. Didn't really like the movie. There are four stories happening here, but they seem to be thrown together without much thought. I walked away thinking that perhaps Mr. Woody Allen had been trying to come up with ideas for the movie, tossed them aside then in a huff of deadline impatience grabbed up the first four balled up papers in the wastebasket and said, "this will have to do". Three of the 4 stories were just too fantastical to sit through. I was squirming with embarrassment for the writer. The 4th story would have made a great full length movie had more time, thought and effort been put into it, but it fell flat for those reasons and there was no chemistry between the two characters. They're better suited for outrageous comedy vs. romance. As for the whole Rome aspect: though the scenery was shot beautifully and the characters constantly ramble on about where they are and how much they love Rome I just wasn't feeling it. I love to travel and my travel switch did not even twitch so I wonder, really, how much does Mr. Allen love Rome when he can dedicate such a mess to it.