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September

1987

Woody Allen

Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston, Denholm Elliott ...

6.8

5,375

Drama In the last days of August, Diane, a former filmstar full of life, and her companion visit her daughter Lane at her country house. Lane is a depressive woman, marked by the murder, when she was a child, of the lover of the mother she blames for her bad luck in life. She is in love with Peter, a writer in turn in love with Stephanie, one of Lane’s friends who feels similarly smitten despite being married to someone else.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Allen's riskiest film yet. It's a small, tightly disciplined drama about love, friendship and family."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Allen's direction shows admirable economy both in establishing and sustaining mood, and in clearly delineating the claustrophobic parameters of his characters' emotional lives."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"We can clearly see the people we are not in love with, but when we look at the people we love, we see only what we choose to see (...) [It] is the first movie in a long time that has been able to listen that closely (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"A beautiful, carefully composed work, with Wiest and Stritch creating the most powerful characters. Farrow shines, too, in a difficult role (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Reader	"The situation is a bit precious at times, but the central conflict between daughter Mia Farrow and her mother Elaine Stritch is fresh and compelling."	POS

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