Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 34 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS is Woody Allen's most mature, most profound film. Martin Landau plays Judah Rosenthal, a successful ophthalmologist having an affair with Dolores (Anjelica Huston), who is threatening to reveal their relationship unless Judah commits to her and leaves his wife.... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Woody Allen, Joanna Gleason, Alan Alda
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The result is a frighteningly intelligent, and often hilariously funny whole.
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02/12/08
The overall 'philosophical' thrust -- that good guys finish last and that crime does pay -- is designed to make the audience feel very wise, but none of the characters or ideas is allowed to develop beyond its cardboard profile.
02/12/08
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The structural and stylistic conceit is that when Landau is onscreen, the film is dead serious, even solemn, while Allen's own appearance onscreen signals hilarious satire and priceless one-liners.
02/12/08
Top Critic
Dramatically, the film seldom fulfils its promise, and its pessimistic 'moral' -- that good and evil do not always meet with their just deserts -- looks contrived and hollow. Intriguing and patchily effective, nevertheless.
02/09/06
Um discurso filosófico-religioso sobre moralidade e culpa que, por incrível que pareça, não apenas comove como também nos faz rir de maneira surpreendente.
02/07/06
Allen starts with a sketchy premise and after working it through for 107 minutes he still has no more than the premise he started with.
01/17/06
This examination of the nature of evil interweaves masterfully comedy and melodrama in equal proportion. Instead of taking a casually brutal approach, Allen dwells on the consequences of sin.
07/18/05
...this dark meditation on justice and the lack of it may be his best film.
03/28/05
Allen's neurotic outlook on life has never been presented with more clarity.
03/07/04
If Crimes and Misdemeanors isn't Woody Allen's best blending of drama and comedy, it's most certainly in the running.
08/21/03
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