Review:
3 out of 5 stars
I will admit this is one of his better films, but maybe I just liked it because of the actors who were in it. I love Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, and Martin Landau. It is amazing to watch all of them in one film. The writing was amazing, like most of Woody Allen's films. He is a great writer and director. The only reason I enjoy him as an actor is because he is hysterical at delivering lines with such sarcasm.
The reason I am always against seeing his films is I do not like him as a person, he is a great artist but as a person I do not like his choices. There are so many stars that I think are brilliant actors, actresses and directors but they make choices I cannot condone. Woody Allen is one, Jane Fanda and Roman Polanski are two more. They are great artists but they have made horrible choices.
But back to this movie, it is about choices people make and the consequences that follow. It is also about the consequences and the choices that follow those. There are really two stories, one where Martin Landau has an affair and then it goes horribly wrong. I did not care for this part of the story. I liked the Woody Allen one where he is making a documentary with Mia Farrow and he falls for her.
This movie dealt a lot with martial indiscretions and what happens as a result. I LOVED that at the end the two stories come together and we see how they learned to deal with the choices they made throughout the movie.
The MVP was Alan Alda in my opinion because he went for over the top and then went times ten. He truly was a caricature of Hollywood and being famous and he did a brilliant job.
I will admit this is one of my favorite Woody Allen films because it goes for broke. I recommend this.
What is your favorite Woody Allen film? Did you like this one?
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