Manhattan
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Year: 1979
imdb rating: 8
Year: 1979
imdb rating: 8
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy
Director: Woody Allen
Director: Woody Allen
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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Manhattan: review
Having seen this four or five times now since I was a kid, I can definitively say this is the best Woody Allen introduction for newcomers. Visually it's his best work (for those who don't know, the cinematographer Gordon Willis did The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 earlier the same decade, so it's no surprise). Not as insightful or engrossing as Hannah or Misdemeanors, but the writing's up there. Mariel Hemingway's a crown jewel and tears me apart. If you're a newbie and can watch this before Annie Hall I highly recommend it. It's aged much better and is _the_ Woody Allen litmus test