- Also known as:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1986
- Country/ies of Origin:
- USA
- Predominant Genre:
- Comedy
- Best Performance(s):
- None
- Plot:
- Lives, loves & infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan.
- Theme(s):
- Political Correctness
- Similar To (in Plot, Theme or Style):
- Most Woody Allen movies
- Review Format:
- DVD
Melancholic comedy about those who prefer to talk about their lives rather than get on with them. Yet this is an above-average Woody ALLEN vehicle where the characters - and the plot - go round and round in self-indulgent circles. Yet, it is funny!
The problems of Allen’s work are all manifest here particularly the fact that, despite the ensemble casting, the characters speak as if they were a single person. Their lack of differentiation makes it obvious that Allen’s worldview is limited merely to emotionally-dishonest and insufficiently-life experienced people like himself. I can’t fathom my own heart means these are people you could never rely-on in real life because they refuse to give their life positive and productive meaning. Instead, they moan about the problems that they have fallen in love with in the absence of any more fruitful occupation to engage in.
But, when all is said and done, it is funny.
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