6/10
Good Woody Allen but awfully familar
1 December 1999
Well-done comedy-drama following a neurotic family over the course of three years. Well-acted, well-written, but Allen covers no new ground here (except him trying on other religions). He's examined these characters and situations before. What makes the movie watchable is excellent acting, Farrow excepted (she's shallow and her acting is REAL bad!). Hershey is brilliant as a woman who gains strength and courage over the course of the movie and Weiss is very good as a woman who starts out not knowing what to do with her life, and ends up getting everything in order. Everything is nicely resolved, no depressing endings (OK--that IS original for Allen), but nothing we haven't seen from him before. Worth seeing, but not up to "Annie Hall" or "Manhattan".
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