Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) by Javier G — 12 Sep 2007

Excellent. Completely redeemed Woody Allen for me.

This review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) was written by Javier G on 12 Sep 2007.

Crimes and Misdemeanors has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Crimes and Misdemeanors

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 02 May 2016

Dark Woody Allen comedy-drama about adultery, murder…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Tyler H (1,008) on 13 Oct 2013

Perhaps the best film of the eighties. Certainly my favorite…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Joe C (1,448) on 07 Jun 2015

Our favorite neurotic little elf bounced back from a series of stinkers and picked up a pair of Academy Award nominations for Crimes and Misdemeanors,…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Logan T (313) on 20 Mar 2014

Yet another genius piece of art from Woody Allen. He successfully mixes comedy and suspense to produce a near perfect film…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Golia K (71) on 30 Jul 2016

- You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Logan M (1,902) on 01 Jul 2015

Before Match Point, Woody Allen made this slightly more enjoyable film about murder and morals…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Joel A (1,152) on 26 Oct 2016

A clever & innovative Woody Allen film that links two stories the first around a crime & second a misdemeanor…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Alex S (2,786) on 11 Jun 2014

This film, from Woody Allen, is unlike most of the other films I've seen of his…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Vincent H (192) on 26 Sep 2014

Moral to the story, from Professor Louis Levy: We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices…

Read Review

Review of Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

By Kyle B (1,653) on 01 Jul 2015

A really good ensemble piece even if the ensemble as a whole isn't Woody Allen's best collection of characters…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

By Victoria Alexander (762) for FilmsInReview.com (462) on 25 Feb 2005

Here is a brand new genre: A black-Christian romantic revenge comedy. It doesn't quite work, but Tyler Perry is a jewel…

Read Review

Review of L.A. Vice (1989)

By Shawn W (1,705) on 22 Nov 2010

Detective Jon Chance is back again and still following his own book of police procedure…

Read Review

Review of The Sicilian Clan (1969)

By Y?R E (14) on 22 May 2010

Bags of energy which is great but with an impossible and improbable heist as well as a lame ending (what's the message of the story…

Read Review

Review of The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007)

By Gokce B (7) on 16 Nov 2008

From a totally generic simple urban story to a totally out of whack going-maybe-somewhere personal fascination…

Read Review

Review of Century (1993)

By N B (98) on 26 May 2008

Poliaskoff's substance translated in Richardson's masterfful performace.the 20th century & the expectations,horrors decadence & contradictions…

Read Review

Review of Evil Under the Sun (1982)

By Janus J (2) on 30 Nov 2016

I have always been a fan of David Suchet's Poirot and I've recently seen Murder on the Orient Express…

Read Review

Review of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)

By Giovanny O (2) on 31 Mar 2013

Such a bad movie, that does not scares and with a really bad plot that doesn´t explains itself very well and is really disappointing…

Read Review

Review of Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

By Arundhati S (140) on 13 Oct 2008

Ha ha ha.. man.. why does it all happen in america or australia all the time? everyone keeps talking in hindi! ha ha…

Read Review

Review of I'll Follow You Down (2013)

By Clarke D (22) on 11 Oct 2015

Boring with a capital B. This is exactly like a Lifetime TV movie with unimaginative scripting and production…

Read Review

Review of Creepshow 2 (1987)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 21 Sep 2019

I barely made it past the first story (out of 3) before stopping it. To be totally honest, It's just a bad movie. There's nothing redeeming about it…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

80%611 Reviews

Brainstorm

1983

64%138 Reviews

The Cabin in the Woods

2012

72%1,244 Reviews

Heights

2005

64%183 Reviews

The Sessions

2012

74%746 Reviews

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

64%615 Reviews

The Blue Gardenia

1953

64%33 Reviews

Savage Grace

2007

51%431 Reviews

The Negotiator

1998

73%576 Reviews

The Savages

2007

74%796 Reviews