Genre: Drama, Comedy, Murder, Tragedy, Infidelity, Love, Blackmail, Love Triangle, Satire, Disturbing, Psychodrama, Doctor
Tagline: A film about humanity.
Plot: 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. He admits his sin to Ben (Sam Waterston), a friend, a patient, and a learned rabbi who is losing his eyesight but not his faith. Judah turns to his brother Jack, who is connected to the mob and can make Dolores disappear. Allen plays Cliff Stern, a documentary filmmaker who accepts an assignment to film his pompous, successful brother-in-law, Lester (Alan Alda), a comedy star; both Cliff and Lester fall for Hallie Reed (Mia Farrow), a producer involved in the documentary. Allen the director brings all the characters together in a fabulous mix of comedy and drama, deceit and delight. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS is a marvel of complexity, with fascinating, well-written characters; deep, complicated relationships; and thought-provoking examinations of religion, infidelity, morality, murder, comedy, and tragedy.
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Woody Allen
Match Point, Everyone Says I Love You, Bullets Over Broadway |
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 | Anjelica Huston
The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Addams Family |
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 | Alan Alda
The Aviator, What Women Want, Everyone Says I Love You |
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 | Mia Farrow
Rosemary's Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Omen |
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