March 23, 2008
My favorite Woody Allen film!
*On my "best of the 1990s" list.
Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Harvey Fierstein
Set in the Roaring '20s, this comedy revolves around the mob's interaction with the show business world, primarily through the relationship between a playwright and a mobster.
DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002
Stats: 537 reviews
Flixster Reviews (537)
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February 1, 2008Allen's tribute to theater and the 1920s Broadway, as well as one of his most purely entertaining films. Over cinema's last 40 years, no filmmaker's work has been linked as closely to his personal life as Woody Allen's. 1992's Husbands and Wives focused on troubled marriag...( read more)
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July 14, 2007Likeable low-key 20s gangster comedy penned by Woody Allen in which John Cusack proves he makes a much more likeable protaganist than the man himself. The cast are uniformly good, although I found the lauded over Diane Wiest rather irritating. Cusack is excellent as ever though. ...( read more)
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November 24, 2007I didn't actually laugh alot while watching this, but found it tremendously entertaining nonetheless. Jennifer Lilly has never been put to better use, but Diane Wiest steals the show. "Don't speak!"
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September 18, 2009Typical great and funny Woody Allen. Just watch it, and if you're a Woody fan, you'll end up loving it. And yes, the script is awesome.
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July 12, 2009It was very funny, but I wasn't much of a fan of John Cusack and altogether I'm not a major fan of Woody Allen's period pieces
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June 18, 2009BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is filled with good, but overrated performances. It's surprisingly slow-paced (and I say surprisingly, because nobody expects a crime comedy to be this slow) and, at only 100 minutes, it feels so long.
On the bright side, the art direction and costume des...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is very funny and, in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads, surprisingly tough. full review
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