10 'Comedies' That Were Secretly Really Depressing

5. Blue Jasmine

If there's one thing you can rely on in this world, it's that Woody Allen's still going to be a funny guy for a little while yet. His comedies continue to shine, and, at the very least, the films of Allen's that err more towards the serious side of things are usually signposted so, by their being reliably promoted as 'serious Woody'. You'd think be in safe hands with the so-called 'comedy drama' Blue Jasmine, then; other comedy-dramas of Allen's include the much-loved Annie Hall and Manhattan, films that fans still watch today, chortling at Allen's goofy clumsiness and troubling anxiety issues. Allen's comedy-dramas in the past have been chucklesome even when they've wandered into more adult territory. Blue Jasmine, however, is different. Not only will comedy fans find few moments to laugh at, but they'll be met with a bleak tale about one unfortunate woman (Cate Blanchett) tumbling into the great chasm that is mental illness. She's been deceived by her husband, you see, and forced to give up one life in New York for a much less promising one in San Francisco. The last you see of Jasmine, she's sat talking to herself on a park bench, having fully succumbed to madness.