Review of Manhattan (1979) by Alysia V — 04 Feb 2009

I shouldn't continue to be surprised at how much I love Woody Allen flicks. Every one I watch is brilliant and fantastic! The dialogue is always so clever and engrossing that I often forget I'm even watching a movie, because they tend to lean more towards a feeling of a documentary or something.

You feel like you're a fly on the wall, getting a secret glimpse into someone's daily lives. The conversations always feel so real and relateable..I love his fast-paced sort of rambling way of speaking and how it seems there's always a million quirky ideas and thoughts floating around in his head.

Seeing as Woody Allen's character is involved with a 17 year old, it's sometimes hard to root for him (and this scenario doesn't seem to stray too far from Woody Allen's real love life, either, which almost makes it even more creepy.

.) but, none the less, it's an entertaining love triangle between him, the 17 year old, Diane Keaton and his ex-wife turned lesbian. All the chacters have their own problems and are equally messed up.

The most normal of them all is probably the 17 year old that Mariel Hemingway portrays but if she spends too much more time with the very eccentric character that Woody Allen (always) plays, I'm sure her life will become complicated enough very fast.