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| Annie Hall |
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 (10/10)
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Runtime: 93 m |
| Public Rating: 8.39 (36 votes) |
Director: Woody Allen |
MPAA Rating:  |
| Genre: Comedy |
Year: 1977 |
| Writer(s): Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
| Distributor: MGM |
| Reviewed by: Nate Anderson |
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Annie Hall may go down in history as the movie as the movie that beat out Star Wars for the Best Picture Academy Award. Now, I'm going to go out on a limb here, but it deserved it. Annie Hall was the better movie. No, really, it is...It is also considered one of Woody Allen's best films.
The story is centered around the main character, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) as he recalls his relationship with Annie, the titular character, played by Diane Keaton. The movie jumps around as he recalls various events in their relationship, both the good and the bad. He also recalls other previous relationships and his childhood. All throughout this, there are little surreal moments of Alvy's fantasy, including a memorable one where he shows up a know-it-all blowhard who's standing behind him by pulling Marshall McLuhan out from behind a movie standee to tell him off.
This movie also is the first Woody Allen movie to really have any real characters and not just be an assemblage of jokes. You really have a wonderful feeling for these characters and they're little quirks. For example, Alvy obsesses about death and unhappiness, which makes things difficult in his relationships. All of them seem to self-destruct, possibly due to his inability to experience joy. Annie is also a real character, with a distinct style. She come from Wisconsin which is a distinct departure from Alvy's Brooklyn upbringing.
Probably the most interesting thing about the film is just how non-linear it is. When we first meet Annie and Alvy, they're already in the relationship, and then we see them meet and get to know each other. It moves around back and forth for most of the film until we get towards the end where things get more linear.
Sprinkled throughout the film are clear feelings Woody has regarding things around him, his preference for New York as opposed to Los Angeles, and him becoming physically ill at the sight of his friend adding fake laughs to a T.V show that he appears in.
Overall, Annie Hall is a throughly funny look at a romance that is a little quirky, a little neurotic, and 100% Woody Allen.
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