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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Director:
Woody Allen

COUNTRY
USA

Genre
Musical/Romance/Comedy
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Everyone Says I Love You

RUNNING TIME
94 minutes

Producer:
Robert Greenhut
Screenwriter:
Woody Allen


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Bob Dandridge Alan Alda ½
Joe Berlin Woody Allen ½
Schuyler Dandridge Drew Barrymore ½
Scott Dandridge Lukas Haas -
Steffi Dandridge Goldie Hawn
Lane Dandridge Gaby Hoffman -
D. J. Berlin Natasha Lyonne -
Holden Spence Edward Norton
Laura Dandridge Natalie Portman -
Von Julia Roberts
Charles Ferry Tim Roth ½
Arnold Spence David Ogden Stiers -
Ken Billy Crudup -

 

Review

Woody Allen tries to charm his way to our hearts with this tribute to studio era musicals. As usual, he has attracted an impressive bunch of charismatic performers, who are led through abundances of intrigues and romantic relations on wonderful locations around the world, but their revelling in and praise for love (with a big L, mind you) remains rather flat and empty. The musical numbers give us a few fascinating moments and work as an excuse for Allen's self-absorbed, Hollywoodized view on romance.

Copyright © 12.10.1997 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
(English version: © 18.10.2020 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang)