Just once.

The ticket I got for speeding in El Mirage, they returned the money. The citation disappeared like it was... I dunno, some visual affect you think you see but that disappears when you get close.

...they said they were going for a classic Woody Allen film of NY updated for the millennial generation.

Well, Annie Hall in terms of relationships, but more Manhattan in terms of style/content. The music cues/editing were pure Woody.
And of course Woody was frequently cribbing from Fellini and the French NW.
But even the brief part in Paris didn't put me in mind of Truffaut at all.

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'Wadjda is the first Saudi Arabian movie I have ever seen. It is a charming story of a 10 year old gutsy school girl whose burning ambition is to ride a bicycle and to beat a boy in a race. Girls are generally not allowed to ride bicycles in Saudi Arabia. In order to supplement her funds for buying a bicycle she enters a Girls' Quran Recitation Contest. While all this is going on Wadjda's father decides to take a second wife because he wants a male child and Wadjda's mother cannot have any more children. The beautiful denouement is a mixture of heartbreak and triumph with even a bit of O.Henry twist. Written and Directed by a Saudi woman director Haifaa al-Mansour.
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Philomena is the true account of a woman's quest to find the son who was ripped from her early in life by a convent selling Irish babies to Americans. Judi Dench is superb in the title role and Steve Coogan matches her as the British journalist who facilitates her search. It's funny and moving and provides excellent entertainment. Dench should be nominated for the Oscar (and may be, though who knows?).

Philomena is the true account of a woman's quest to find the son who was ripped from her early in life by a convent selling Irish babies to Americans. Judi Dench is superb in the title role and Steve Coogan matches her as the British journalist who facilitates her search. It's funny and moving and provides excellent entertainment. Dench should be nominated for the Oscar (and may be, though who knows?).

Mud was something of a disappointment to me, inasmuch as I am a pretty big Matthew McCan'tspellit fan and the director Jeff Nichols was responsible for Take Shelter, one of the most underrated and superb films of the last few years. Mud has some wonderful moments and, yes, a lovely performance by Matt M. But it wanders around a bit too much and has a few too many characters, so the overall effect is not as profound or moving as it ought to and obviously means to be.

Two teen boys discover a homeless man living in a boat in a tree. His name is "Mud," and they bond. Things transpire and there is a shootout that comes almost out of nowhere. Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon, and Sam Shepard contribute nice performances on the sidelines. The two kids are more than okay. Reese Witherspoon plays a small role as Mud's elusive lower-class girlfriend. Witherspoon is miscast and somewhat out of place though pretty good, but you wonder what she's doing playing this role.

It's a rather disjointed movie, and I did not love it, but many people do, so take a chance. It's worth the time, but don't expect greatness, and don't say you weren't warned.