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Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Claire Bloom, Anjelica Huston ...

7.8

25,031

Drama. Comedy Judah and Clifford are each faced with their own dilemma and its gravity. Judah, a reputed eye specialist, plans to end his relationship with his mistress Dolores, who threatens to tell all and ruin his life if he leaves her. His brother Jack offers him the chance to murder her. For his part, Clifford is a documentary director obliged to turn a film about the brother-in-law he scorns.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A memorable film".	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The movie generates the best kind of suspense, because it's not about what will happen to people - it's about what decisions they will reach. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"It is both a civilised comedy with iron in its soul and a serious examination of our inner fears that also manages to be very funny."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"One of his strongest performances (...) 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' is so funny it hurts."	POS
United Kingdom	Barry McIlheney Empire	"The little man again proves to be an absolute master at injecting sufficient wit, intelligence and compassion to make the end product a marvellously entertaining and provocative piece of work (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"You get to see one of the director's stark, overtly symbolic morality dramas as well as one of his comparatively fizzier self-conscious romantic dramadies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"'Crimes' is two movies in one, a blend of Allen's satiric and pretentious dramatic styles"	POS
United States	Variety	"Woody Allen ambitiously mixes his two favoured strains of cinema, melodrama and comedy, with mixed results"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Dramatically, the film seldom fulfils its promise (...) Intriguing and patchily effective, nevertheless."	NEU

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