Manhattan (1979)
Manhattan is one of those movies that can’t possibly stand the test of time, so if you’re renting it for the first time now, you’re guaranteed not to like it. In fact, you’re practically guaranteed to wonder how it ever got made and nominated for Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Woody Allen wears his usual three hats (actor, writer, and director) in this black-and-white romantic drama. He’s a resident of the great city trying to navigate through his troubled love life. He’s admittedly middle-aged, but he’s dating a minor, Mariel Hemingway. He falls for his best friend’s girlfriend, Diane Keaton, and breaks Mariel’s heart. And if things aren’t complicated enough, his lesbian ex-wife, Meryl Streep, is writing a book about their terrible marriage. If this sounds like a winner to you, good luck and happy watching. It’s very 1979, and it’s just hard to take it seriously given today’s modern attitudes about many of the subjects.
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Woody Allen wears his usual three hats (actor, writer, and director) in this black-and-white romantic drama. He’s a resident of the great city trying to navigate through his troubled love life. He’s admittedly middle-aged, but he’s dating a minor, Mariel Hemingway. He falls for his best friend’s girlfriend, Diane Keaton, and breaks Mariel’s heart. And if things aren’t complicated enough, his lesbian ex-wife, Meryl Streep, is writing a book about their terrible marriage. If this sounds like a winner to you, good luck and happy watching. It’s very 1979, and it’s just hard to take it seriously given today’s modern attitudes about many of the subjects.
More Meryl Streep movies here!