
Love and Death
1975, Comedy, 1h 25m
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Woody Allen plunks his neurotic persona into a Tolstoy pastiche and yields one of his funniest films, brimming with slapstick ingenuity and a literary inquiry into subjects as momentous as Love and Death. Read critic reviews
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Boris
Sonja
Old Nehamkin
Drill Sergeant

Priest
Mikhail
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Critic Reviews for Love and Death
All Critics (21) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (21)
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Love and Death is an almost total treat.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
Love and Death has been mapped out as a fully thought-through film. It's a lot more mature than the anything-goes style of earlier Allen movies like Bananas.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Besides being one of Woody's most consistently witty films, "Love and Death" marks a couple of other advances for Mr. Allen as a film maker and for Miss Keaton as a wickedly funny comedienne.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Suffice to say, it is as weird as it is funny.
December 4, 2019 | Full Review… -
Technically, the film is one of Allen's most accomplished, handsomely filmed in Hungary and France by Ghislain Cloquet, which helps make the hysterical anachronistic sight gags stand out even more.
May 23, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
The picture is packed front to back with many more cheery bon mots -- to say nothing of rollicking slapstick sequences, spoofy film homages and other modes of merriment guaranteed to keep viewers in perpetual guffaw.
March 4, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Love and Death
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Jul 25, 2012Woody Allen is a true master of comedy. His dialogue, his timing, his delivery -- all are near-perfect. "Love and Death" represents one of his finer efforts. Plain and simple, it's quality filmmaking. You can tell that everyone involved is having fun with what they're doing. And even though its humor is smarter than most other films, most people will be able to find their footing. "Love and Death" is intelligent, well-directed and immensely quotable, and if you don't find yourself laughing at least once during its entirety, then you might not have a sense of humor.Stephen E Super Reviewer
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Jul 23, 2012Absurdly brilliant! LOVE AND DEATH, is an extremely dark comedy from the manic mind of Woody Allen. I have to say that the ending to this movie, is one of my all-time favorites.Jason R Super Reviewer
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Apr 21, 2012In this early Allen effort his love for the Marx Bros. (particularly Groucho) is worn on his sleeve and the picture is very reminiscent of Mel Brooks' own Twelve Chairs. Throw in a couple of 70's style psuedo-intellectual "conversations" ("I'm overwhelming you with my superiorocity!") and you have a fun, silly, younger Allen, not so impressed with himself yet, easier to relate to. He never finds anyone as good as he to play himself, we know, and his infatuation w/Keaton allows her Dumont-like status beside him.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Sep 06, 2011Watch this movie just for Diane Keaton. I noticed a couple of parallels to Annie Hall, which of course came after this and was a big improvement. Pretty funny stuff, but not as philosophically engaging as some of his later films.Dillon L Super Reviewer
Love and Death Quotes
Boris: | If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse. |
Countess Alexandrovna: | You're the greatest lover I've ever had. |
Boris: | I practice a lot when I'm alone. |
Boris: | There are worse things in life than death. If you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman you know what I mean. |
Boris: | The key here, I think, is not to think of death as an end. But to think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses. |
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