Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte

The career of a small-time Broadway talent agent whose roster of hopeless clients and bad luck send him on a series of adventures is recalled by some old Catskills comedians swapping tales at Jewish d...( read more  read more... )eli in New York.

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PG, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Release Date: January 27, 1984

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DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001

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  • July 13, 2009
    Woody Allen as Rose manages a rag tag group of talent. The sort of talents his clients have are humorous in a young-Woody-Allen-movie kind of way. Mia Farrow impressed me with her attitude and accent. Also with the big hair and sun glasses she was hardly recognizable. This wa...( read more)s a very different character she played from the few other performances I've seen from her. Forte, as a lounge singer making a come back, plays his part as a vulnerable man. He does a good job, especially in scenes with Allen, but definitely falls into the background as a supporting character. The shaky romance between Allen and Farrow is really the focus of the story. I happen to like Woody Allen's neebish, neurotic line delivery that he is known for. In this movie he's the same as usual. However, he has written a lot of good jokes (many of which sound fresh) and gags (I couldn't help but laugh at the leaking helium scene) for this picture. The black and white cinematography is artistically done. There are references to The Bicycle Thief with an Italian fortune teller from the old world still holding counsel. In fact, a whole bunch of Italian culture is interjected into this story. This includes the lounge singing and an Italian mother of two mafia hit men putting a price on Danny Rose's head for a family embarrassment. The movie plays something like a combination of Lenny and The Godfather, but of course it has Woody Allen's touch of comedy and awkward romance.
  • June 12, 2009
    woody as a small-time talent agent, one of the best incarnations of his trademark lovable loser in one of his most underrated films. great performance by mia farrow, almost unrecognizable in those huge glasses. a gem from the 80's in beautiful black & white
  • April 20, 2008
    a story of a real nice guy. cute parts.
  • May 3, 2007
    Woody Allen at the top of his game. Cinematographer Gordon Willis is a God.

    ''I'll let you have her at the old price, which is anything you want to give her."
  • November 13, 2006
    One of the funnier of Allen's 80s movies.
  • November 16, 2009
    Very typically Woody Allen, which is a good thing. Wonderfully filmed in black and white, it has a great atmosphere and feel. Excellent writing. It's funny, touching and always a pleasure to watch. The cast does an excellent job. Great pace, superbly directed.
  • October 28, 2009
    Danny Rose is probably the less "himself character" that Woody Allen has already played and Mia Farrow is a surprise. Forget her tiny voice and sweet characters; Tina Vitale is far away of any other role Farrow took in any Allenīs movie.


  • October 14, 2009
    Usual Woody Allen CRAP.
  • August 7, 2009
    Whenever I get a chance to see a Woody Allen flick I havn?t seen I jump at it, someday I?ll have seen every movie in his out of control filmography. This one is a film I?m not too sad I waited so long to see because it?s clearly second rate. The angle of a film about a talent a...( read more)gent is decent but overall this is just a really, really, really standard Allen movie, the kind of thing he seems to throw together occasionally just to keep up his one film a year average. It was nice enoughto watch at first but once the Mafia entered into it I really started to lose interest.
  • July 14, 2009
    ...a Woody Allen flick that I actually really, really enjoyed.

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

All of this is accomplished with wonderfully off-the-wall characterizations. full review

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