Husbands and Wives

On a recent documentary I saw on Woody Allen's career, with him being interviewed, he said of this film that it was one of only a small number of times in his career he felt he carried over what he... Full review

A married couple, Sally (Judy Davis) and Jack (Sydney Pollack), tell their best friends--another married couple named Gabe (Woody Allen) and Judy (Mia Farrow)--that they are separating. This news throws Gabe and Judy into a tailspin. It makes them reexamine... Full review

This is one of Woody Allen's greatest films, but it took me two viewings to fully appreciate it. I first saw it in 1992 at the theatre upon its initial release with my then-girlfriend, when I was 30 and she... Full review

Woody Allen makes good, very good, and excellent films.Husbands and Wives is a very good film with excellent performances. It is not a comedy but rather a dramedy that explores marriages and relationships of four main characters. It has several... Full review

Many look at this as an autobiography of the real downfall of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen's long tenure as husband and wife. The ugly battle doesn't ruin the film for me,but increases it's power. Woody Allen really experiments with... Full review

I have always been a fan of Woody Alan and this movie really expresses the essence of his personal and constant recurring confrontation with the meaning of life. His pursuit of a significant context in human relationships always drives him... Full review

Granted this is not Woody's funniest film, but it delivers the goods. Like most of Woody's work, it plays out like a photographed play (he's not a highly visual filmmaker), but if you've seen any of his other films you... Full review

I am surprised that so few people mention that this film is so obviously inspired by Bergman's television series - which was later edited into a film.As Scenes from a Marriage is perhaps my favourite Bergman film, it makes sense... Full review

Any film that affects me emotionally I consider great. But a film that affects me so much that I feel it physically can be called a masterpiece. Narrative does not normally have such power. When a spectator is learning about... Full review

This film, while rather amusing in some parts, is more or less a drama. Allen seems to have become more accepting of the "love fades" theme first presented in ANNIE HALL, and his characters seem to be a reflection of... Full review

Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:56 PM | By Melinda Henneberger OK, here's a question: Years before the sex-scandal press conference or the chunky pearls , do political wives see their husbands differently than the rest of us see the... ... Full Article

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... but I watched it again 3 months ago, and found the characters to all be annoying and, for the most part, dull. I still think it's a good movie, though... I was watching "Take the Money and Run" last ... Full Article

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Since the uncanny parallels between Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives and his recent real-life travails are making moviegoers snicker and groan, the neurotic auteur is working overtime to avert further Freudian slips in his next film, Manhattan Murder Mystery ,... ... Full Article