Review of The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) by Spangle — 26 Jul 2016
Certainly a unique and interesting film, The Purple Rose of Cairo features a terrific performance from Jeff Daniels and Mia Farrow, who have terrific chemistry with one another. Strongly written, lively, funny, and enjoyable, Woody Allen is as good as ever in this film as writer/director.
However, the film feels incredibly slight. It just feels like a diversion more than anything else, instead of a truly engaging Woody Allen film. This may be because it is so short at just an hour and twenty minutes.
It does not get a chance to really sink too deeply into its characters and is quite skin deep in its characterizations. Though that portion is well done, I do wish it was longer and allowed me to follow these characters longer to truly figure out more than one-dimension of them.
That said, this film is enjoyable and incredibly well done. Often cited as one of his best films, I do not necessarily agree, though I do really like the film.
This review of The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) was written by Spangle on 26 Jul 2016.
The Purple Rose of Cairo has generally received very positive reviews.
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