12 Clunkers Written By Woody Allen
Here are 12 Allen films that are flawed but also intermittently impressive.
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- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWill FerrellVinessa ShawChiwetel EjioforTwo alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.Two tales of one woman. The funny one is good.
- 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.Occasionally hilarious but mainly clunky comedy from the fallow years.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsJustin TimberlakeJuno TempleRobert C. KirkOn Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.No other WA film has colour like this one. Visually stunning, but a boring story.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenPenélope CruzJesse EisenbergThe lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.Four stories that sometimes work and sometimes not. Very funny when it's on target.
- 19721h 28mR6.7 (42K)66MetascoreDirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenGene WilderLouise LasserSeven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.Allen as a sperm, Gene Wilder as a sheep-fancier, Louise Lasser as an exhibitionist, etc. Hit and miss comedy skits, but the hits are KOs.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsSean PennSamantha MortonWoody AllenIn the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.Low-key drama about a great jazz guitarist loved by a mute woman. Django Reinhardt fans will be happy.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowWilliam HurtJoe MantegnaA spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.Farrow in Wonderland. Magical-realist comedy of self actualisation. Playful and entertaining but the stakes are too low.
- DirectorWoody AllenFrancis Ford CoppolaMartin ScorseseStarsWoody AllenNick NolteRosanna ArquetteA middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.Allen's segment, Oedipus Wrecks, has an amazing deusa ex machina. But it's only one third of the film.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsTimothée ChalametElle FanningLiev SchreiberA young couple arrives in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.Some clunky dialogue but this glowing comedy has a young, charming cast and is good fun.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenLouise LasserCarlos MontalbánWhen a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.Great final scene (the wedding night with sports commentary) but the rest is often too silly.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsKenneth BranaghJudy DavisLeonardo DiCaprioThe fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.Starry cast. Some romantic scenes of immense charm, but overall a confusing mess of a movie.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsLou de LaâgeNiels SchneiderAnna LaikTwo young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime.This time the wife's having the affair. Pretty visuals, but CdC is just Match Point gallicised.