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Radio Days

1987

Woody Allen

Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Seth Green, Julie Kavner ...

7.4

16,643

Comedy These are the 40s, the golden age of radio, when the peculiar members of a working-class New York family live with the set on all day long. The music, tear-jerking dramas, stories about super-heroes, competitions, reports on high society and sports legends make them feel a bit less unhappy while they create a nostalgic collection of anecdotes about an unrepeatable period.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is so ambitious and so audacious that it almost defies description.(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"You peel and peel away at it only to find, in the end, nothing."	NEG
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Humane and perceptive memoir from Allen, with a pleasant visual nostalgia and the usual slew of impressive performances (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Pat Graham Chicago Reader	"The good news is that Allen has returned here to the broad anecdotal sources of his humor (...) The bad news is that the obligations of being a serious film stylist have taken a heavy toll. Nothing's very fresh and nothing's very incisive"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Although lacking the bite and depth of his best work, 'Radio Days' is one of Woody Allen's most purely entertaining pictures."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"It's a great idea for a movie, but Allen fatally opts for a Fellini: Amarcord approach of formless narrative, larger-than-life coincidence, and rambling ruminations on what times there used to be."	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Childhood anecdotes and charming vignettes are set against bright-light, big-city sets, a-dazzle with beautiful players"	POS

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