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The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

Woody Allen

Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest ...

7.6

29,291

Romance. Comedy. Fantasy It’s the Depression and Cecilia works herself into the ground as a waitress in New Jersey while her husband does nothing. Her only outlet is the cinema, to which she returns time and again to escape from reality and dream of a world of champagne, tuxedoes and elegant parties. One evening, one of the actors in her favourite film, The Purple Rose of Cairo, notices her and comes out of the screen to meet her.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is audacious and witty and has a lot of good laughs in it, but the best thing about the movie is the way Woody Allen uses it to toy with the very essence of reality and fantasy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Mia Farrow is note-perfect in this charming little movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"His 'reality' is just as flimsily conceived, and populated by characters every bit as flat and arbitrary, as the romantic illusion the film is meant to criticize."	NEG
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] is pure enchantment. It's a sweet, lyrically funny, multi-layered work that again demonstrates that Woody Allen is our premier film maker"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"Woody Allen's most charming feature (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"A light, almost frivolous treatment of a serious theme (...) It's too bad Allen didn't build up the characters and drama sufficiently to give some weight to his concerns."	NEG
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Farrow and Daniels work wonders with fantastic emotions, while Allen's direction invests enough care, wit and warmth to make it genuinely moving."	POS

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