Witty, funny, and yet profound with a social commentary on choices, morality, and guilt. Gotta love Allen (as his neurotic best) and Sam Waterston as the blind rabbi is priceless...
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston
Contemporary drama comedy set in New York revolving around the guilt people suffer over moral decisions they must make during the course of their lives.
DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
Stats: 982 reviews
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May 19, 2009
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July 6, 2008
not underrated, but mostly underseen. Fantastically dark and openly inquisitive Allen drama. Match Point lovers, be prepared to set the bar a bit higher for Woody Allen dramas.
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June 10, 2008
Judah Rosenthal: I remember my father telling me, "The eyes of God are on us always." The eyes of God. What a phrase to a young boy. What were God's eyes like? Unimaginably penetrating, intense eyes, I assumed. And I wonder if it was just a coincidence I made my specialty ophthal...( read more)
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April 12, 2008
Allen's reflection about morality, skepticism, love, and God. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, always intelligent. Which of course all of Woody Allen's films are. Martin Landau is a spectacular actor, he amazed me in Ed Wood and here it shows again that he was indeed very talen...( read more)
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September 18, 2009
Morality and the human concience as being the main topics in this romantic comedy result, under the direction of Woody Allen, in an awesome funny and clever film not to be missed.
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August 17, 2009
Pretty thought-provoking. I seem to like Woody Allen's films in spite of myself, as I tend to wonder just how much Woody Allen respects women.
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July 12, 2009
Probably the most potent Woody Allen film I've seen, the scene when Angelika Huston is killed is especially haunting, altogether a really good movie
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