Zelig Reviews
Top CriticThe comedy tends to the smirk-inducing rather than the laugh-out-loud, and the second half wanders somewhat, but Zelig is a strong contender for Allen's most fascinating film.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Combustible Celluloid
Woody Allen's Zelig (1983) perfected the fake documentary a year before This Is Spinal Tap.
Lampooning documentary tradition by structuring the entire film as a meticulously crafted bogus docu, Woody Allen tackles some serious stuff en route
Filmcritic.com
Absurd and fascinating at the same time.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mildly amusing one-joke move.
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| Original Score: B-
Blogcritics.org
Allen is one of the most recognizable, and least protean, performers.... [P]erhaps ... someone else as Zelig ... could have got the idea across without the blandly explicit dialogue and brought more dimensions to the role, besides.
Reel Film Reviews
...a fairly entertaining little movie...for a while, anyway.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Hilarious Woody Allen vehicle, a mockumentary with special effects ahead of its time.
| Original Score: 5/5
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
Brilliant early film of the woodman shows his creative genius as a filmmaker.
| Original Score: 5/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Clever, but a 20 minute idea stretched to feature length.
| Original Score: 3/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
Woody Allen's comedy about a self-effacing man, who swiftly changes identities is original, clever, droll, and extremely well shot by ace lenser Gordon Willis.
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| Original Score: B+
