Rate: The Films Of Woody Allen

[B-side]

Annie Hall- 10-
Hannah And Her Sisters- 9-
Match Point- 8

Yeah, I fail at Allen. I'm getting Manhattan this week, though.:)

[Watashi]

Annie Hall - 10
The Purple Rose of Cairo - 10
Hannah and Her Sisters - 9.5
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 9
Bullets Over Broadway - 9
Stardust Memories - 8.5
Manhattan - 8.5
Broadway Danny Rose - 8.5
Zelig - 8
Bananas - 8
Sweet and Lowdown - 8
Radio Days - 7.5
Love and Death - 7.5
Husbands and Wives - 7.5
Match Point - 7.5
Mighty Aphrodite - 7
Scoop - 7
Alice - 7
Sleeper - 6.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 6
Everyone Says I Love You - 5
Shadows and Fog - 4.5
Deconstructing Harry - 4

[Teh Sausage]

Melinda and Melinda (2004) - 5.0
Anything Else (2003) - 7.5
Small Time Crooks (2000) - 6.0
Deconstructing Harry (1997) - 7.5
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - 6.0
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - 6.0
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - 7.0
Husbands and Wives (1992) - 8.5
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - 8.5
Radio Days (1987) - 8.0
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - 9.5
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - 8.0
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) - 7.5
Zelig (1983) - 8.0
Stardust Memories (1980) - 9.5
Manhattan (1979) - 10.0
Interiors (1978) - 8.0
Annie Hall (1977) - 8.0
Love and Death (1975) - 8.5
Sleeper (1973) - 7.5
Bananas (1971) - 5.0
Take the Money and Run (1969) - 4.0

[Boner M]

Manhattan - 9.5
Husbands and Wives - 9
The Purple Rose of Cairo - 9
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 8.5
Love and Death - 8.5
Annie Hall - 8.5
Stardust Memories - 8.5
Hannah and Her Sisters - 8
Manhattan Murder Mystery - 7.5
Match Point - 7.5
Another Woman - 7
Sweet and Lowdown - 7
Small Time Crooks - 6.5
Interiors - 6.5
Zelig - 6.5
Broadway Danny Rose - 6
Bullets Over Broadway - 6
Scoop - 5.5
Sleeper - 5.5
Curse of the Jade Scorpion - 5.5
Deconstructing Harry - 5
Bananas - 5
Cassandra's Dream - 3.5

Too hit-or-miss for me to consider a fave, but he's definitely a reliable standby.

[baby doll]

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) [5]
Take the Money and Run (1969) [3]
Bananas (1971) [3]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) [7]
Love and Death (1975) [4]
Annie Hall (1977) [8]
Interiors (1978) [8]
Manhattan (1979) [10]
Stardust Memories (1980) [7]
Zelig (1983) [5]
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) [9]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) [7]
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [8]
Radio Days (1987) [7, but it's been a while]
Crime and Misdemeanors (1989) [7]
Alice (1990) [6]
Husbands and Wives (1992) [too long]
Shadows and Fog (1992) [4]
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) [I haven't seen it since I was nine and recall exactly nothing]
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) [6]
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) [4]
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) [4]
Deconstructing Harry (1997) [4]
Celebrity (1998) [4]
Sweet and Lowdown (1999) [5]
Small Time Crooks (2000) [6]
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) [6]
Anything Else (2003) [6]
Melinda and Melinda (2004) [3]
Match Point (2005) [8]

[baby doll]

Too hit-or-miss for me to consider a fave, but he's definitely a reliable standby.You could say the same about Chabrol. I just go by the director's best work and try as hard as I can to surpress my memories of Le Décade prodigieuse (1971) and Melinda and Melinda. That said, I wouldn't consider him a favorite director either.

[Boner M]

You could say the same about Chabrol. I just go by the director's best work and try as hard as I can to surpress my memories of Le Décade prodigieuse (1971) and Melinda and Melinda. That said, I wouldn't consider him a favorite director either.
I count Chabrol among my favorites, but then again, I've only really seen his lionized films... innocent 'til proven guilty, I guess. Though I did think A Girl Cut in Two was pretty mediocre despite solid reviews. I haven't seen the one you mentioned, but he made the fantastic Juste Avant la Nuit in the same year, so that counts for something (as well as Le Boucher the previous year).

[Raiders]

Bananas (1971) **½
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) **½
Sleeper (1973) ***
Love and Death (1975) ***½
Annie Hall (1977) ****
Interiors (1978) *½
Manhattan (1979) ****
Stardust Memories (1980) ***½
Zelig (1983) ***
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) ****
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) ***½
Radio Days (1987) ***
September (1987) *
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) ***½
Husbands and Wives (1992) ****
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) **½
Deconstructing Harry (1997) *½
Sweet and Lowdown (1999) ***
Match Point (2006) **½
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) **

[Boner M]

Hmm, I thought I was relatively alone in not thinking highly of Deconstructing Harry. Glad that's not the case.

[Ezee E]

What's Up Tiger Lily - ** 1/2
Bananas - **
Sleeper - *** 1/2
Annie Hall - **** (M)
Manhattan - **
Oedipus Wrecks - *
Crimes and Misdemeanors - **
Bullets over Broadway - ** 1/2
Sweet and Lowdown - ***
Small Time Crooks - * 1/2
Hollywood Ending - **
Melinda and Melinda - *
Match Point - ****
Scoop - ***
Cassandra's Dream - ** 1/2

All over the place.

[Lucky]

Annie Hall - 10
Match Point - 10
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 8
Hannah and Her Sisters - 8
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 8
Manhattan - 8
Scoop - 7
Cassandra's Dream - 5
Melinda and Melinda - 5

[Melville]

Take the Money and Run (1969) - 4
Bananas (1971) - 4
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) - 4
Sleeper (1973) - 4.5
Love and Death (1975) - 9
Annie Hall (1977) - 7.5
Manhattan (1979) - 10
Stardust Memories (1980) - 9
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) - 8
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - 5.5
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - 9
Crime and Misdemeanors (1989) - 8
Husbands and Wives (1992) - 8
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - 8.5
Deconstructing Harry (1997) - 4
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) - 3
Anything Else (2003) - 3.5
Match Point (2005) - 8
Scoop (2006) - 7.5

[Mysterious Dude]

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) ***
Take the Money and Run (1969) **½
Bananas (1971) ****
Everything You Always Wanted etc. etc. (1972) **
Sleeper (1973) ****
Love and Death (1975) ****
Annie Hall (1977) ****
Interiors (1978) ***½
Manhattan (1979) ****
Stardust Memories (1980) ***½
Zelig (1983) ****
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) ***
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) ***
Radio Days (1987) ***½
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) ***
Shadows and Fog (1992) ***½
Husbands and Wives (1992) ****
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) ***½
Deconstructing Harry (1997) ****
Celebrity (1998) **
Match Point (2006) ***

[Grouchy]

Cassandra's Dream - 8
Match Point - 5
Melinda and Melinda - 4
Anything Else - 6
Hollywood Ending - 4
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - 3
Small Time Crooks - 6
Sweet and Lowdown - 9
Celebrity - 4
Deconstructing Harry - 10
Everyone Says I Love You - 8
Mighty Aphrodite - 6
Bullets Over Broadway - 7
Manhattan Murder Mystery - 8
Shadows and Fog - 8
Alice - 8
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 10
Radio Days - 7
Hanna and her Sisters - 10
Manhattan - 10
Interiors - 9
Annie Hall - 10
Love and Death - 10
Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask) - 7
Bananas - 8
What's Up, Tiger Lily? - 7

[Sycophant]

Take the Money and Run: 8.5
Bananas: 9.0
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* But Were Too Afraid to Ask: 4.0
Sleeper: 6.0
Love and Death: 9.5
Annie Hall: 9.0
Interiors: 7.5
Manhattan: 10.0
Stardust Memories: 9.5
Zelig: 9.0
Broadway Danny Rose: 9.0
The Purple Rose of Cairo: 10.0
Hannah and Her Sisters: 10.0
Radio Days: 9.0
September: 8.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors: 10.0
Alice: 7.5
Shadows and Fog: 5.5
Bullets Over Broadway: 8.0
Mighty Aphrodite: 7.0
Everyone Says I Love You: 7.0
Deconstructing Harry: 10.0
Small Time Crooks: 5.0
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: 6.0
Anything Else: 7.0
Melinda and Melinda: 7.5
Match Point: 8.0
Scoop: 5.5
Cassandra's Dream: 7.0
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: 9.0

[Philosophe_rouge]

Annie Hall (1977) 8
Manhattan (1979) 9
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 10
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) 9.5
Match Point (2005) 6
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) 10
Love and Death (1975) 8.5
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 8.5
Sleeper (1973) 7
Bananas (1971) 6
Stardust Memories (1980) 7
Scoop (2006) 6
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) 4

[MadMan]

Radio Days(1987)-90
Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)-100

That's all I've got so far. Eventually I try and start digging into his 70s work first.

[trotchky]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona - *1/2
Scoop - **
Match Point - **1/2
Hollywood Ending - *
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - *
Manhattan Murder Mystery - ***
Husbands and Wives - ****
Crimes and Misdemeanors - ****
Hannah and Her Sisters - ****
Broadway Danny Rose - ***1/2
Stardust Memories - ****
Manhattan - ****
Interiors - ****
Annie Hall - ****
Love and Death - **
Sleeper - ***1/2
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask - ***1/2
Bananas - ***1/2

He's made a lot of shit but when he's at his best he's better than anyone.

[NickGlass]

::takes a deep breath::

What's Up, Tiger Lily?: 5.5
Take the Money and Run: 7.5
Bananas: 7.0
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* But Were Too Afraid to Ask: 7.0
Sleeper: 8.0
Love and Death: 9.0
Annie Hall: 10.0
Interiors: 7.0
Manhattan: 10.0
Stardust Memories: 8.5
A Midnight Summer's Sex Comedy: 5.0
Zelig: 7.5
Broadway Danny Rose: 7.5
The Purple Rose of Cairo: 9.5
Hannah and Her Sisters: 9.0
Radio Days: 7.0
September: 2.0
Another Woman: 7.0
Oedipus Rex: 6.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors: 9.5
Alice: 6.5
Shadows and Fog: 6.0
Husbands and Wives: 9.0
Manhattan Murder Mystery: 5.0
Bullets Over Broadway: 7.0
Mighty Aphrodite: 6.0
Don't Drink the Water: 5.5
Everyone Says I Love You: 8.5
Deconstructing Harry: 7.5
Celebrity: 7.0
Sweet and Lowdown: 7.0
Small Time Crooks: 7.0
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: 2.0
Anything Else: 4.0
Melinda and Melinda: 4.5
Match Point: 4.0
Scoop: 4.5
Cassandra's Dream: 5.5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: 7.0

[Spinal]

Don't really want to rate them all right now, but I'll give you my five favorites:

Crimes and Misdemeanors
Husbands and Wives
Sleeper
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Zelig

[Ivan Drago]

Bananas - 7.5
Sleeper - 8
Annie Hall - 8
Manhattan - 8.5
Hannah and Her Sisters - 8.5
Crime and Misdemeanors - 6
Match Point - 9

I really need to see more. Don't know where else to go though.

[Derek]

I really need to see more. Don't know where else to go though.

Maybe some day there will be a thread where everyone rates all of his films, so you could see what other films MatchCutters consider worth watching...

[Pop Trash]

Bananas -7
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex -8
Sleeper -8
Annie Hall -10
Manhattan -10
Zelig -7
The Purple Rose of Cairo -8
Hannah and Her Sisters -8
Crimes and Misdemeanors -10
Manhattan Murder Mystery -9
Bullets Over Broadway -7
Mighty Aphrodite -7
Everyone Says I Love You -5
Deconstructing Harry -9
Celebrity -6
Sweet and Lowdown -8
Match Point -8
Vicky Cristina Barcelona -7

[ledfloyd]

What's Up Tiger Lily? - *
Take the Money and Run - ***1/2
Bananas - **1/2
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex - **
Sleeper - ***
Love and Death - ***1/2
Annie Hall - ****
Interiors - **1/2
Manhattan - ***1/2
Stardust Memories - ****
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - ***
Zelig - ***1/2
Broadway Danny Rose - ***
The Purple Rose of Cairo - ****
Hannah and Her Sisters - ****
Radio Days - ***
September - **1/2
Another Woman - ***1/2
Oedipus Wrecks - ***
Crimes and Misdemeanors - ****
Alice - **1/2
Shadows and Fog - **1/2
Husbands and Wives - ****
Manhattan Murder Mystery - ***1/2
Bullets Over Broadway - ***1/2
Mighty Aphrodite - **1/2
Everyone Says I Love You - ***1/2
Deconstructing Harry - **1/2
Celebrity - *
Sweet and Lowdown - **
Small Time Crooks - *1/2
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - **1/2
Hollywood Ending - **
Anything Else - ***1/2
Match Point - ***
Scoop - *1/2
Cassandra's Dream - *
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - ****

[Cherish]

Annie Hall - ****
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy – ** ½
The Purple Rose of Cairo - *** ½
Hannah and Her Sisters - ***
Crimes and Misdemeanors - ***
Husbands and Wives - **
Manhattan Murder Mystery - *** ½
Bullets Over Broadway - **
Mighty Aphrodite - ****
Everyone Says I Love You – ** ½
Deconstructing Harry - ***
Celebrity - **
Sweet and Lowdown - ***
Small Time Crooks - **
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - *
Match Point - *** ½
Scoop - ** ½
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - ****

[soitgoes...]

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) - 5.0
Take the Money and Run (1969) - 6.5
Bananas (1971) - 5.0
Sleeper (1973) - 6.5
Love and Death (1975) - 6.5
Annie Hall (1977) - 9.5
Interiors (1978) - 8.0
Manhattan (1979) - 9.0
Zelig (1983) - 7.5
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) - 7.0
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - 8.5
Radio Days (1987) - 8.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - 9.0
Husbands and Wives (1992) - 9.0
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - 6.5
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - 9.0
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - 6.5
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - 6.0
Melinda and Melinda (2004) - 7.0
Match Point (2005) - 7.5
Cassandra's Dream (2007) - 7.0

[transmogrifier]

Best Film - Husbands and Wives
Worst Film - Cassandra's Dream
Best Direction - Stardust Memories
Best Actor - Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
Best Actress - Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives)
Best Duo - Diane Keaton and Woody Allen (Manhattan Murder Mystery)
Most Underrated - Everyone Says I Love You
Most Overrated - Manhattan
Funniest - Manhattan Murder Mystery

[Ezee E]

I'll have to check out Stardust Memories. Sounds like one of the better ones that I have yet to see.

And it just happens to be on the Watch Now feature. Yay!

[Torgo]

Love and Death - 8/10
Annie Hall - 9/10
Manhattan - 9/10
Radio Days - 8/10

Only four? For shame...

[Amnesiac]

I'll try and rank the ones I've seen instead:

1. Annie Hall
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo
5. Another Woman
6. Alice
7. Shadows and Fog
8. September

To be fair and honest, this ranking is without re-watches and proper contemplations for some of the titles. I feel confident about the top 5 but the rest would require more careful consideration, as they are based on the recollection of my (now long past) first impressions alone. Also, I've seen Manhattan but cannot recall enough about it (in any significant sense) to warrant a ranking.

[baby doll]

He's made a lot of shit but when he's at his best he's better than anyone.Among living American directors, I'll take Wes Anderson, Albert Brooks, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee or David Lynch any day of the week.

[Gizmo]

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) 6
Annie Hall (1977) 5
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) 4
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) 4
Melinda and Melinda (2004) 6

[B-side]

Watched Manhattan earlier. Great film, if a bit lacking in overall resonance.

[Ezee E]

So Stardust Memories is just meh. Reading up on it, Woody Allen claims that the movie isn't autobiographical at all, but that's just silly, seeing as his first dramas had just come out.

There are some nice touches, but why so hateful towards the fans?

[transmogrifier]

There are some nice touches, but why so hateful towards the fans?

This is clear in the movie, regarding Sandy's career. I don't know why you'd then want to assume it's Woody confronting you personally, and then hold it against the film itself.

SM is a wonderfully crafted film.

[Qrazy]

Watched Manhattan earlier. Great film, if a bit lacking in overall resonance.

What does that even mean?

[Robby P]

Why is 'darker' an indication of quality? I don't get it.

[Qrazy]

Why is 'darker' an indication of quality? I don't get it.

More shadows means higher contrast means borderline blind people can see the image better and seeing the image better means greater appreciation for said image which means indication of quality.

[Melville]

More shadows means higher contrast means borderline blind people can see the image better and seeing the image better means greater appreciation for said image which means indication of quality.
That's the most reasonable thing on this page.

[B-side]

What does that even mean?

That doesn't make sense to you? It didn't quite resonate with me as much as I'd have liked. I was a bit more detached than I should've been in order for me to push it into the 9-range.

[MacGuffin]

That doesn't make sense to you? It didn't quite resonate with me as much as I'd have liked. I was a bit more detached than I should've been in order for me to push it into the 9-range.

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

[B-side]

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

You're misunderstanding me, though I suppose that's mostly my fault. I don't mean that it failed to live up to some silly expectation, only that it didn't quite hit me like a 9-range film should, if that makes any more sense. Basically, I thought it was great, but not excellent. Good?

[Spinal]

If you're looking for the long, meandering non-Woody Allen discussion, it now in the Film Discussion Thread.

[trotchky]

Among living American directors, I'll take Wes Anderson, Albert Brooks, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee or David Lynch any day of the week.

I might take Todd Haynes, and maybe sometimes David Lynch. The others though, nah.

[Duncan]

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

How is it his "fault" that a film didn't resonate with him? Is everyone who doesn't have the same reaction to a film as you somehow at fault?

[MacGuffin]

How is it his "fault" that a film didn't resonate with him? Is everyone who doesn't have the same reaction to a film as you somehow at fault?

No, he just says the movie isn't as good as it could've been because he doesn't feel like it resonated with him, i.e. he didn't like it as much as he thought we would. Seems to me he is mixing the objective and the subjective. May as well just stick with one or the other, look at something on a critical level or don't.

Edit: I didn't even like Manhattan very much, so no, they are not at fault, but how good of you to point that out.

[soitgoes...]

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

[MacGuffin]

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

It has been a while since I have seen it; I could use a rewatch, but I have hardly seen any Woody Allen movies, so it is not particularly one of my top priorities right now. I would like to see Broadway Danny Rose.

[soitgoes...]

I would like to see Broadway Danny Rose.It's good, but it is a step behind his other 80s films in my eyes.

[Qrazy]

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

Not really, perhaps you found her grating but I thought she showed a lot of genuine emotion in the role.

[ledfloyd]

It's good, but it is a step behind his other 80s films in my eyes.
agreed probably my least fav of his 80s output. but still pretty great. he was on fire in the 80s.

[trotchky]

No, he just says the movie isn't as good as it could've been because he doesn't feel like it resonated with him, i.e. he didn't like it as much as he thought we would. Seems to me he is mixing the objective and the subjective. May as well just stick with one or the other, look at something on a critical level or don't.

Edit: I didn't even like Manhattan very much, so no, they are not at fault, but how good of you to point that out.

Looking at something on a critical level tends to be just as subjective as looking at something on not a critical level, though. Not that I disagree with you re: Brightside's post.