Woody Allen's Latest "Cafe Society" Repetitive Social Commentary & Themes

Woody Allen's latest film "Cafe Society"finds Woody dipping back to the well of his angst & social commentary.  Still, his cinematographty is glorious.  There is the omnipresent glint on LA in golden sunlight which fails to overshadow Allen's true love, NYC.  "Cafe Society" is a satirical look at the pretentiousness & allure of the Hollywood golden era of  the1930's.  Ubiqutiously, Woody shines a less than flattering (but comical) light on the Jewish family; the ties that bind and spin out of control.  The Dorfmans are at the heart of this mediocre film which is not without charm.  Bobby (Jessie Eisenberg) is the youngest sibling.  Bobby's father is a shlumpy, working class jeweler in NYC with a whiney wife who thinks the world of her successful brother, the studio head.  Mom casts a blind eye on her eldest son, a murderous thug.  Afterall, he's brings home the not so kosher bacon.  Bobby, like Belle, wants more than his provincial life (albeit) in the big city & moves to LA with pipe dreams of a job from his uncle at the studio & making it big.  In a week or 2, maybe his uncle will make him a star, days into weeks and all that ever came to pass was a passing fling with his uncle's mistress, Vonnie (an appealing Kristen Stewart.)  Bobby/Woody were born & raised in NYC where "they" return to mend a broken heart.  Bobby goes to work for his big brother at his hot nightclub.  There Bobby meets Veronice (the lovely & disarming Blake Lively.)  They marry when she becomes pregnant.  Then, of all the clubs to walk into - Vonnie, now married to Bobby's movie mogul uncle - comes in & stirs adulterous romance with NYC panache.  Problem is Woody repeats his maudlin macabre medley and his Jewish/gentile comparisons which have already worn thin.  Lively is so wonderful why would Bobby yearn to stray?   More farfetched, was Allen's casting of the grating Eisenberg in the lead.  Had he recast Alden Ehrenreich ("Blue Jasmine") the movie could have been a contender with Ehrenrich's Hollywood star power.