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The last great Woody Allen's movie

posted 14 years ago by vronsk
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No doubt "Everyone says I love you" is a masterpiece from director Woody Allen. Perhaps it is Allen's last great movie. What do you think? To me everything that came after it is not brilliant enough to be compared to this 1996's movie. The actors and actresses were incredible, the songs amazing and the locations breathtaking.

The director's exile in Europe seems to me as an excuse for his lack of creativity. Movies like "Match Point", "Scoop", "Vicky, Christina, Barcelona" and others are too plain, not specially interesting, although charming. Without great stories Allen however is clever enough to use young and popular actors like Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem etc, beautiful songs and locations to catch the public's attention. The movies are visual stunning, but extremely easy to forget.

[–] The_White_Hotel 13 years ago

I agree with your appraisal of the quality of Woody Allen's more recent films (although you actually seem to like them more than me. I think Match Point, for example, has no redeeming features whatsoever) but I think of Deconstructing Harry as his last great film. In fact, I don't think of this as one of his greatest works. Although it is a personal favourite of mine, it's just too light, not enough substance to be thought of in the same bracket as Manhattan, Hannah, Crimes et al.

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[–] pacificboy 13 years ago

I'd definitely call Deconstructing Harry one of the best of his films, which immediately followed this.

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[–] stabiljka 12 years ago

'Sweet and Lowdown' is also later

[–] ElMaruecan82 10 years ago

"Deconstructing Harry" was his last masterpiece

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[–] franzkabuki 10 years ago

It's kind of adequate, mostly, but that's it. Some jokes work, some scenes are okay, but overall, it's very much Stiffy lite 'n recycled - and a lot of the stuff is annoying & unfunny. Same 'o same'o from a hopelessly one-note director. As far as fluff goes, it ain't unwatchable

Stiffy's last masterpiece was Crimes & Misdemeanors though (and he only has two of them, really - the other one being Radio Days).

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[–] Beau_Buffet 8 years ago

Are you forgetting Midnight in Paris? I think it's excellent.

[–] louiseculmer 8 years ago

i love Small Time Crooks, Scoop, and Midnight in Paris.