Next to Annie Hall this is probably my favorite Woody Allen movie. It is even more a homage to NY City than Annie Hall and states this fact right in the first sentence - New York was his city and always would be - and has this statement underlined by George Gershwin's rhapsody in blue.
Diane Keaton is one more time Woody's ingenious relationship. Her character is oh so lovely but also oh so difficult due to indecisiveness. Frankly, Mary is almost the repetition of Annie Hall but why wrinkling your nose over something good!
Quite impressive is also the performance of Mariel Hemingway, one of Ernest Hemingway's granddaughters, by the way. It is hard to be more convincing as a mature 17 years old, who knows her feelings oh so well. She's the one to tell her adult lover to have confidence.
Not very surprising also that a still very young Meryl Streep manages to add quality to the movie in a supporting role only. Another sign of quality is, that the movie seems to be affected by aging only because of some technical equipment shown in the movie like e.g., audio tapes.
In some parts the movie is also quite funny. Watch out for Mary's ex-husband, whom she described as a womanizer.
Diane Keaton is one more time Woody's ingenious relationship. Her character is oh so lovely but also oh so difficult due to indecisiveness. Frankly, Mary is almost the repetition of Annie Hall but why wrinkling your nose over something good!
Quite impressive is also the performance of Mariel Hemingway, one of Ernest Hemingway's granddaughters, by the way. It is hard to be more convincing as a mature 17 years old, who knows her feelings oh so well. She's the one to tell her adult lover to have confidence.
Not very surprising also that a still very young Meryl Streep manages to add quality to the movie in a supporting role only. Another sign of quality is, that the movie seems to be affected by aging only because of some technical equipment shown in the movie like e.g., audio tapes.
In some parts the movie is also quite funny. Watch out for Mary's ex-husband, whom she described as a womanizer.