Overview
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
The amazing thing about Woody Allen the author is that he has the ability to channel the different parts of his personality through his characters. If you look hard enough you can practically see and hear Woody Allen himself. The amazing thing about Woody Allen the director is that he manages to seemlessly bring together this puppet show into something that has many layers and textures.
I know that I’ve touched on this topic many times in recent reviews but this movie is a perfect example of how movies can be watched on several levels. On the surface this movie seems to be about an adulterous person (I’m not giving anything away when I say that) and other people who may or may not be adulterous. If you look a little deeper you will see a brilliant commentary on how people view themselves and how we can justify just about anything. The movie itself was both funny and poignant and that in itself makes it extremely unique. If you dig just a shade deeper you will see all kinds of metaphors that really gives the end result a delicious texture.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie title: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie description: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Date published: 2008-04-07
Director(s): Woody Allen
Actor(s): Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Joanna Gleason, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach, Jenny Nichols, Mia Farrow, Caroline Aaron, Daryl Hannah, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Gregg Edelman, George J. Manos, Dolores Sutton, Donna Castellano, Kenny Vance, Jerry Zaks, Rebecca Schull, David S. Howard, Frances Conroy, Anna Berger, Sol Frieder, Hy Anzell, Sylvia Kauders, Victor Argo, Nora Ephron, Robin Bartlett, Nancy Cohen, Avner Eisenberg, Fred Melamed, Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow, Mercedes Ruehl, Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, Maggie Wagner, Terry Walters, Grace Phillips
Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Review
The amazing thing about Woody Allen the author is that he has the ability to channel the different parts of his personality through his characters. If you look hard enough you can practically see and hear Woody Allen himself. The amazing thing about Woody Allen the director is that he manages to seemlessly bring together this puppet show into something that has many layers and textures.
I know that I’ve touched on this topic many times in recent reviews but this movie is a perfect example of how movies can be watched on several levels. On the surface this movie seems to be about an adulterous person (I’m not giving anything away when I say that) and other people who may or may not be adulterous. If you look a little deeper you will see a brilliant commentary on how people view themselves and how we can justify just about anything. The movie itself was both funny and poignant and that in itself makes it extremely unique. If you dig just a shade deeper you will see all kinds of metaphors that really gives the end result a delicious texture.
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My Review - 9.5/10
9.5/10