"Another Woman" is not the easiest Woody Allen film to get into. It has some fine moments of observation, it allows several members of its outstanding cast a chance in the spotlight, and it comes to a beautiful, almost cathartic ending. But it often is as stuffy, suffocating and mannered as the type of character and lifestyle that it purports to condemn. Woody Allen is the master of balancing comedy with drama, as he has shown multiple times in his career; "Another Woman" represents one of the few times that he completely removes almost every ounce of comedy. Two years later, he made a film ("Alice") that dealt pretty much with the same themes as "Another Woman", but because he allowed comedy - and fantasy - back into it, without sacrificing some dead-serious moments, the result was more varied and more satisfying, to me at least. **1/2 out of 4.
Review of Another Woman
Another Woman
(1988)
A film more to be appreciated than to be enjoyed
2 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers