Review of Love and Death (1975) by Jake P — 29 Feb 2012

Love & Death is Woody Allen's hilarious take on depressing Russian novels & it's so convincing because I'm sure he's read them.

This review of Love and Death (1975) was written by Jake P on 29 Feb 2012.

Love and Death has generally received very positive reviews.

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