Husbands and Wives
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Movie Reviews of Husbands and Wives
Movie Review: Wince and Love It
Summary: 5 Stars
Never has a movie about relationships hit so many nerves on so many levels. It takes guts to view this film with an open mind. I takes familiarity with relational boredom and heartache to understand it completely.Woody Allen delves into the minds and dysfunctional lives of two and then four couples with the deftness of a ninja in "Husbands and Wives." Rarely have I seen such candor in depiction of the seven year itch. It is a place in time that will be familiar to many couples given the opportunity for honesty and will likely create interesting if not brutal debate in the most secure of unions.
The hand held camera used in many of the scenes are not for those prone to motion sickness. Nonetheless, it creates an intimacy and urgency that grant the film credence at its most passionate moments.
Each of the characters is someone that the viewer probably knows in situations that they would never discuss, leaving him both baffled and sympathetic.
I highly recommend the film to those viewers able to be honest enough and possibly brave enough to face their most intimate relational demons.
Movie Review: A Challenging and Difficult Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Woody Allen displays his more serious and darker take on relationships in this very mature look at marriage and mid-life crisis. The movie is painfully realistic and is presented as a docu-drama that allows the viewer to evesdrop on the characters most intimate conversations. The actors are all superb. I found Sydney Pollack's performance as a husband who uses a trial separation from his wife (Judy Davis) as a pretext to pursue an affair with a younger woman and then has a change of heart as his eyes gradually open to the absurdity of what he's done , particularly strong. His actions initiate a chain of events that results in Allen and Mia Farrow's characters questioning their own relationship which results in turmoil in their lives as well.
There are scenes that are so well written and acted that they are riveting. We watch these somehow familiar circumstances because we recognise these characters as people we know.
This is a very serious film with very few true comedic moments so if you're seeking a few yucks look elsewhere.
Movie Review: Must See!
Summary: 5 Stars
I will start by saying this, to all the men and women who are in destructive relationships and they know it(!) but have been trying to fool themselves into believing that things will eventually 'work out', please see this film. Yes its a typical Woody Allen movie, with his deeply intelligent insight into human relationships, but unlike alot of his films, I was actually angry when I finished it. This is no shortcoming of the movie let me tell you, but rather a shortcoming of people (myself included) in general. It was so hard to watch the characters in the film, Sydney Pollack, Mia Farrow, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, etc...enter situations that they knew were doomed from the begininng, out of desperation and loneliness.
Obviously me feeling so strongly after the film shows that it is a subtly powerful film about human relationships and how stubborn we all are when we want something but know its not good for us. See this film please!!!!
Movie Review: An intelligent, funny, and touching look at marriage
Summary: 5 Stars
An intelligent, complex, sometimes very funny look at the ins and outs of adult relationships and marriage.
I admire the way the film works hard to avoid casting too much blame on any of the characters while not letting anyone off the hook for their actions either. Like all of us, these are flawed, very... human characters just trying to find a way to be happy in the thickets of marriage, divorce and love.
All the acting is quite good, although Judy Davis, while always great, and wildly entertaining, seemed a bit over-the-top on the ice queen meter, to the point where it was a bit hard for me to believe Liam Neeson's character falling for her.
Ultimately quite sad in it's recognition about just how difficult keeping relationships alive and healthy can be.
Movie Review: This movie holds up
Summary: 5 Stars
I always enjoy watching this, a well done story of couples together, breaking apart, lusting for the wrong people, manipulating and shifting around, all the while filmed gorgeously on the New York streets, in artsy cluttered apartments and offices, and in airy icy beige homes and luscious Central Park.
Just a fun treat all around despite the college girl/professor story line, because I think Juliette Lewis did such a good acting job, I believed her character would be into the daddy figures. Everyone's acting is top notch and there are enough Woody quips and jokes to spice it up. Judy Davis and the darling late Sydney Pollack were wonderful and 2 of the main reasons I watch this over and over, they were outstanding.