Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

Featured Audience Ratings

• Bob S

  
  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."

• Ken S

  
  One of the best early pictures from Allen's mid period.

• Rubia Carolina .

  
  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 Allen´s movie. </br> </br>

• Alice S

  
  Basic Woody Allen caper. Main characters go on the lam because Allen's trademark neurotic edges around an explanation so the bad guys have no choice but to think he's the perpetrator of some grievous offense. As with <i>Radio Days</i>, I was impressed with Mia… More
  Basic Woody Allen caper. Main characters go on the lam because Allen's trademark neurotic edges around an explanation so the bad guys have no choice but to think he's the perpetrator of some grievous offense. As with <i>Radio Days</i>, I was impressed with Mia Farrow's low (and brash) vocal register.

• Stella D

  
  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

• Jennifer X

  
  What a charming little movie. Allen and Farrow work together in perfect harmony. I want Danny Rose to be my theatrical manager.

• Michael G

  
  One of the funnier of Allen's 80s movies.

• Byron B

  
  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 was a… More
  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 was 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.

• Christopher O

  
  A comic gem inventive laugh out loud funny and heartwarming. One of Allen's best characters and the story is told by catskill comedians sitting in a deli. Mia Farrow also shines as a tough new york moll having a affair with a married lounge singer. Allen also directs this very… More
  A comic gem inventive laugh out loud funny and heartwarming. One of Allen's best characters and the story is told by catskill comedians sitting in a deli. Mia Farrow also shines as a tough new york moll having a affair with a married lounge singer. Allen also directs this very good film.

• Alec B

  
  Yes its fun, but I don't think that all that much of it was particularily memorable.

• Marcus W

  
  There's good Woody Allen, and there's bad Woody Allen. This is short-but-sweet-and-quite-amusing Woody Allen.

• Stephen E

  
  The Woody Allen films starring Woody Allen are always the best ones. "Broadway Danny Rose" is short, humorous, and endearing and benefits from the writing and acting skills of its creator. "I don't wanna badmouth the kid, but he's a horrible, dishonest,… More
  The Woody Allen films starring Woody Allen are always the best ones. "Broadway Danny Rose" is short, humorous, and endearing and benefits from the writing and acting skills of its creator. "I don't wanna badmouth the kid, but he's a horrible, dishonest, immoral louse. And I say that with all due respect."

• Brian R

  
  Woody Allen's BDR is a fun small comedy. Woody Allen plays a low talent manager who(speaks just as fast as Martin Scorsese) is trying to get singing gigs for his client Lou Canova played wondefully by Nick Apollo Forte. Mia Farrow's performance is the best overall. I… More
  Woody Allen's BDR is a fun small comedy. Woody Allen plays a low talent manager who(speaks just as fast as Martin Scorsese) is trying to get singing gigs for his client Lou Canova played wondefully by Nick Apollo Forte. Mia Farrow's performance is the best overall. I wouldn't say this movie is one of Allen's best but for the most part, the timing and effect couldn't have been any better.

• Andre T

  
  Black-and-white comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in… More
  Black-and-white comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli.Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), whose career is on the rebound.With clever dialogues(Allen's style) this movie is very funny.

• MJS M

  
  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 agent… More
  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 agent 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.

• Tom S

  
  Even after seeing Radio Days, I never thought Mia Farrow had this kind of range. I'm still not sure she does, but she acted circles around that parrot in the dress.

Read all 16 featured audience ratings