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With Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen good-naturedly bites the hand that feeds him. The modern studio system is a ripe target for Allen’s rapier wit, but the veteran writer-director goes a delicio...( read more 
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MCT:April 21, 2008I found this often overlooked Woody Allen 2002 entry delightfully entertaining. It doesn't pack the wallop of some of Woody's finest but stills has that clever overlapping dialog and of course great zingers/one-liners. Tea Leoni is perfectly cast and swings Allen's neurotic Hollywood fun with energy and wit.
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MCT:February 11, 2008Okay, I'm not writing at home, so I can't remember the order I watched stuff in. You, Flixster reader, are witnessing first hand my obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This really is the jewel of the Dreamworks Woody Allen box. Woody considers it one of his best movies in recent years and I really can't disagree with him. There's an odd classiness to what is a pretty zany premise. I always like when Woody plays the artist in his movies just because it always seems slightly self-spoofing, despite his protestations that he is never his character in real life. This really is a silly movie, but you are never treated like an idiot. It seems that with most silly movies, the audience's intellect is taken with a grain of salt and slapstick tomfoolery breaks out. Now the case with Hollywood Ending.
Woody's character actually evokes sympathy and relatability throughout the film. You root for this guy who can't seem to catch a break. But you get to watch him grow as a human being. What's even better is that Allen's character is never really a bad guy throughout the film, but you watch him learn to be a better human being. Imagine Scrooge, only not a douchebag at all.
I can also say that I've never really thought much of Treat Williams at all. I blame his filmography. For a guy who's been in most, if not all, of The Substitute films, do you really think that he's a guy who's earned a lot of acting chops? I also heard that he was in a version of A Streetcar Named Desire, which made me giggle a bit. But he really fit well within Hollywood Ending. I'm not saying that he was anything spectacular, but he's fairly competant and I wonder if he would do well given the chance to headline a major motion picture.
The one odd choice that I kind of dealt with (simply because she's a very solid actress) was Tea Leoni as Woody Allen's ex-wife. She played her part extremely well, but Woody is clearly aging and it is only slightly referenced when it comes to age difference. Yes, she performed the part, but I don't think anyone would really buy that Tea Leoni would be married to Woody Allen, let alone secretly smitten with him. But I guess that's what puts the Hollywood in Hollywood Ending.
Really, this is just a fun movie. Yes, it borderlines on slight smugness, but that's what I like about the movie. The concept, in itself, is pretty genius. I also love what they did with the movie. I'm never a fan of the "neat little box" at the end of a film and Woody really chooses the right place to end this film. Top notch. -
MCT:October 19, 2007Allen's character is amusing, but the others aren't and the film ultimately falls into its own convenient traps.
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MCT:September 4, 2007
Lots of great little jokes, and the blind gimmick is funny for awhile (mostly because of the translator guy), but old Woody just isn't as funny as young Woody.
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MCT:September 1, 2007hillarious to the max! the plotline, as seen from the title, is just one of those cheesy romance drama stuff, but packed in a real fun(-ny) way to watch.
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MCT:May 26, 2007
um pouco exagerado as vezes, mas recheado de piada interna e ironias com hollywood. E tem a frase: "o que eu mais gosto da masturbacao eh depois, dormir abracadinho..."
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MCT:May 23, 2007Tröttsam snubbelkomik utan större finess. En av Woodys sämre.
Woody Allens bidrag till den redan flera gånger dokumenterade meta-filmgenren. Här parodieras själviska och giriga producenter, dumma skådespelare och vanan att välja utländska fotografer. Som vanligt handlar det mycket om Woody själv med allt vad det kan innebära, men denna gång är tyvärr ramhandlingen (filmregissör blir blind mitt under produktion!) tämligen trist och filmen faller stundtals ner på rena buskisnivån. En av Woody Allens sämsta dessvärre. Se "Simone" eller independentfilmen "Living in oblivion" istället. -
MCT:January 24, 2007woody allen is hilarious. a lil too much emphasis on one joke continued the entire movie. i dont think this intented to be a good movie, but even without trying he makes his quick witty comments and ends with one of the finer movies made recently.
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MCT:December 17, 2006
Todas las peliculas de Woody son estupendas pero esta tiene momentos de humor particularmente brillantes
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MCT:December 14, 2006
this is so funny! it tells the story about a director who went blind trying to make his comeback.. very, very hillarious..
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MCT:November 6, 2006
Quirky little film which had an interesting concept. Made me laugh how 'hollywood' the ending was - very appropriate!
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MCT:October 19, 2006
this movie has been boring to many people.. but when i saw it, had me laughing al the time.. but its a little slow though
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MCT:March 21, 2006
it's marginally entertaining but it's a forgettable woody allen movie... and c'moun in what universe would he get all these hot girls???
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