Manhattan Murder Mystery | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

Manhattan Murder Mystery | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton | Allen and Keaton... a great reunion and some funny moments!

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	Manhattan Murder Mystery Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Sony Pictures, 1998 average customer review:based on 70 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Clever and Quite Funny

After paying tribute to the masters (Bergman), Woody Allen went back to more familiar territory - with a delightful twist.

Think of it as Annie Hall Gets To Play Nancy Drew. Whatever, Manhattan Murder Mystery is a short, fast, and very funny, movie. It has an all-star cast (Alan Alda, Angelica Houston)and reunites Woody with Diane Keaton. The dialogue is swift, laugh-out-loud funny and the plot is entertaining. More important, adults act and talk like adults. Without being stuffy, this film introduces urbane, witty, folks who talk and act like normal people. Woody Allen will always be the master of dialogue and here, he uses it to the best possible advantage.

A fun movie that everybody will enjoy.

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Allen and Keaton... a great reunion and some funny moments!

It was great to see the chemistry of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in this comedy that truly has its moments of mystery and intrique! I also enjoyed Alan Alda's presence after his years with M.A.S.H. Sometimes you have to wonder about your neighbors at time after watching this. It was enjoyable if you are a Woody Allen fan or not!

One of the best Woody Allen movies ever made - classic farce

Anyone not giving this film a glowing review just doesn't appreciate a good farce. This film compares to classics such as Take the Money and Run, Play it Again Sam and Annie Hall. Superb script, excellently acted and in many ways the best farce that was ever made.

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Woody Allen Light

The great thing about Woody Allen is his life is never far from his art and the problem with Woody Allen is that his life is never far from his art. Manhattan Murder Mystery was filmed when Farrow and Allen were breaking up and by that time Allen had already been long involved with Soon Yi. Manhattan Murder Mystery reflects his moving to a, ummm shall we say, less mature viewpoint.

On the surface, Manhattan Murder Mystery is nothing more than a light comedy about two sophisticated Manhattanites (Keaton and Allen) who suspect their neighbor of murder after his wife dies. Keaton's female intuition tells her something is wrong but Allen wants to mind his business. Keaton turns to friend, Alan Alda, to explore the mystery with her. Alda plays a character who is almost like family because of his long standing relationship with the couple, but he is enough of a stranger that Keaton and Alda could still have an affair. (Sound familar?) In the meantime, Allen turns to comfortingly non-neurotic Angelica Houston for friendship. This is a comedy and the friendships remain friendly and there is no betrayal. Keaton's intution about the neighbor proves correct and Allen's belief in her is cemented. In the end, Keaton and Allen's relationship is back on solid footing.

The typical Allen hallmarks are here. New York is a definite character in the film. The script is dialogue based and the music is great old jazz tunes sparsely sprinkled over scene shots. Music and action do not compete with the actors. Allen and Keaton are neurotic and play off each other well. Keaton's performance is familar-almost too familar. She never seemed to be an actress that reached and she's playing the same neurotic, not too strong, friendly, cerebal woman here, but she's still enjoyable to watch.

Manhattan Murder Mystery is Woody Allen light, but worth watching. It's intelligent comedy and a good break from films where farts are the main attraction. My favourite Allen films are still Deconstructing Harry (I love the scene in hell with Billy Crystal), Crimes and Misdemeanors (for it's view on life), and Annie Hall (for sentimental reasons because it was the first film to have an impression on me when I was a kid. Other kids my age wanted to be Orphan Annie in the Broadway play, but I wanted to be Annie Hall).

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good but not great

It is another decent outing by Woody Allen, but it does not reach the heights of his masterpieces.

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