September 29, 2009
I found it quite tame and Allen a little annoying!
Howard Storm, Jackson Beck, Jacquelyn Hyde
Slapstick and gag comedy, narrated in newsreel style, about the criminal career of a petty thief and would-be bank robber.
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
Stats: 520 reviews
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January 15, 2008Virgil: After fifteen minutes I wanted to marry her, and after half an hour I completely gave up the idea of stealing her purse.
Woody Allen's first big movie. It is done in the style of a mockumentary with hilarious dead pan narration.
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September 20, 2007It's hard to really review a movie like this; when you come to a joke-a-scene style comedy (think Airplane!) it's really a matter of, "Do the jokes work or not?"
Here, most of them work. I originally caught this movie only at the tail end, maybe a half hour or so. I think...( read more) -
August 12, 2007I used to love this movie when I was a youngin' - but now it seems lame.
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June 7, 2007This is one of my favorite Woody Allen movies about a mock documentery about a dysfunctional public menace.
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June 6, 2009Woody Allen's first real directing job, because his first movie was just an overdubbed japanese film. It's got all the elements that Allen has been exploring in his 40 something films. It has some really funny scenes, but it's just a taste of his really great screwball comedies t...( read more)
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May 3, 2009Woody Allen's first work is my favorite of his. The jokes are hardly ever groan-worthy, and they come fast and clever enough to drown the stinkers out. Left me feeling good and has the power to make me laugh even on repeat viewings.
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April 28, 2009It was pretty funny, but in some instances it just tried way too hard. I don't like Woody Allen, I don't like a lot of his movies and I don't like him as a person or an actor. This movie was just scene after scene of carefully planned (but not so carefully pulled-off) jokes. It s...( read more)
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