Woody Allen: an Evaluation.
These are all of the Woody Allen movies I've seen in chronological order.
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- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonJohn BeckA nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.Sleeper is one of Woody's lighter comedies, but yet it is still pretty funny. But it's nothing special.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.Annie Hall is what some call Woody's best movie. Do I agree with that statement? No, but I see why. Although I think it's slightly overrated, I still really like it.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsDiane KeatonGeraldine PageKristin GriffithThree sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.The first time Woody Allen took a walk to the dark side, and i'm glad he did. Interiors is a big power-punch of a movie.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.I think it's just as good as Annie Hall.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowJosé FerrerA wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.Funny and interesting but not perfect.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowPatrick Horgan"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.Zelig is a documentary on crack. I have no clue why he made this movie, but I'm glad he did.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowNick Apollo ForteIn his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.Broadway Danny Rose is at times hilarious, but I love the chaos that occurs here. Lots of fun. And it really showed us what talent Mia Farrow was.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowJeff DanielsDanny AielloIn 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.I think it's sort of outrageous that Annie Hall won best picture and this wasn't even nominated for it. TPROC blows Annie Hall out of the water. No Allen film has ever been more charming.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMichael CaineBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.This is a great movie. That's it.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowDianne WiestMike StarrA nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.Funny, charming, and consistently entertaining.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsGena RowlandsMia FarrowIan HolmFacing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help.This is one of the two Woody Allen films I'm just not crazy about. It has it's qualaties but there isn't much to really remember here.
B- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill BernsteinAn ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.This is one of Woody's best movies. I love how he blends the light and dark. It's a fascinating drama, but at the same time it's a charming comedy. And Martin Landau gives one of his best performances.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowWilliam HurtJoe MantegnaA spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.Alice is a fun and magical comedy, and Mia Farrow gives her best performance.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowSydney PollackWhen their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.It's almost too fascinating.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonJerry AdlerA middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.Hilarious and lots of fun.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsJohn CusackDianne WiestJennifer TillyIn New York in 1928, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.This is another one of Woody's best. I love almost every second of this movie.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMira SorvinoPamela BlairWhen he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.This is a really original movie. Mira Sorvino is fantastic, and the laughs just don't seem to stop.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenGoldie HawnJulia RobertsA New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.A Woody Allen musical comedy. Should it work? Probably not. But it does, and very well. This is one of his most charming movies, and also one of his most ambitious.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJudy DavisJulia Louis-DreyfusSuffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.Even though it feels like Woody Allen typically plays himself, I think he does his best performance here. This is yet again a very overlooked Woody Allen movie.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsKenneth BranaghJudy DavisLeonardo DiCaprioThe fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.It has its qualaties but I thought it was a little too long.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsSean PennSamantha MortonWoody AllenIn the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.Sean Penn is amazing in this movie, and Samantha Morton is lovely. This is one of the best ones.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenTracey UllmanHugh GrantA loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.This isn't one of Woody's best, but it's pretty interesting.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsGreg StebnerWoody AllenJohn TormeyAn insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels.It's not as good as Manhattan Murder Mystery but it's still pretty fun.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenTéa LeoniBob DorianA director is forced to work with his ex-wife, who left him for the boss of the studio bankrolling his new film. But the night before the first day of shooting, he develops a case of psychosomatic blindness.Though pretty original, it's also ludicrous. But in a good way.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJason BiggsChristina RicciJerry Falk learns a lesson the hard way when he falls in love with the beautiful but flighty Amanda.The presence of Annie Hall is here, and it's not a bad one.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWill FerrellVinessa ShawChiwetel EjioforTwo alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.He does here what he did with Crimes and Misdemeanors, but yet the two stories are quite different. But I think this is a really good one.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsScarlett JohanssonJonathan Rhys MeyersEmily MortimerAt a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.Now, we've reached the important addition to the list. You are all going to grab pitchforks and murder me, but Match Point is Woody Allen's best movie. allen himself has said so, so if you're a skeptic don't be. This is a masterpiece.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsScarlett JohanssonHugh JackmanJim DunkAn American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.It's pretty fun, but it's not as good as Manhattan Murder Mystery.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsColin FarrellEwan McGregorHayley AtwellThe tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go badly and the two become enemies.Dreary but pretty interesting, Cassandra's Dream is a good movie that comes to a weird close.
B - DirectorWoody AllenStarsRebecca HallScarlett JohanssonJavier BardemTwo friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Mirror mirror on the wall, which Woody Allen movie is the sexiest of them all? That shouldn't even be up for debate. It's obviously Vicky Cristina Barclona. It has the sexiest cast and the whole thing is just damn sexy. It's also one of Woody's most entertaining.
A+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsEvan Rachel WoodLarry DavidHenry CavillA middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.What does work is Larry David's performance as,well, Woody Allen. But the rest of the movie is outrageous trash if not entertaining trash.
B- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsAnthony HopkinsNaomi WattsJosh BrolinSally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.This is Woody's most underrated movie. I really like it, but nobody went for it. Screw'em.
A- - DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.Woody won a long over-due Oscar for his charming screenplay for Midnight In Paris, a lovely time travel fantasy which isn't as good as The Purple Rose of Cairo but is still a great movie none the less.
A - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenPenélope CruzJesse EisenbergThe lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.It's not as good as Midnight in Paris, but it still works.
B+ - DirectorWoody AllenStarsCate BlanchettAlec BaldwinPeter SarsgaardA New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.Woody Allen's best film in years. Cate Blanchett gives the performance of a lifetime. I can't wait to see what Woody has next