The Purple Rose of Cairo
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Movie Reviews of The Purple Rose of Cairo
Movie Review: Nice Mix Makes This Inventive Film Appealing
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a unique storyline - a character comes right out of the movie screen to join the "real" world - at the time. I've seen several others copy this sort of thing since, although it also was done in some silent comedies, too, if memory serves.
Nonetheless, it was done well here and I got a kick out of watching it back in the '80s as part of a good fantasy, romance, drama and comedy film by Woody Allen, who made this movie but is not on screen.
Jeff Daniels does a terrific job in a dual role, playing Tom Baxter and Gil Shepherd. One an actor, the other a "real-life" guy. Mia Farrow is appealing, as she usually was, as "Cecilia." Danny Aiello is another usually-interesting actor who gets your attention no matter who he is playing.
An inventive film that still holds up today. Its hard to believe this movie is almost 25 years old.
Movie Review: "You can't learn to be real. It's like learning to be a midget."
Summary: 4 Stars
Not quite a great film, per se, but still just about perfect movie.
A square-jawed explorer in a 1930s studio comedy becomes smitten with a woman in the audience and magically steps off the screen to meet her. This sparks problems for the other characters, for the theater owner and his patrons, for the up-and-coming actor who plays him and, most of all, for the object of his affections -- a bullied and beaten-down naif who uses the movies to escape both of her depressions.
The funniest and smartest of Allen's supernatural tales works on a variety of levels, most importantly in the way it celebrates the power of fantasy but also subverts it. The ending is like a terrible punch to the heart, not softened in the least by its obvious inevitability.
Movie Review: The best thing about 'Purple Rose' is its ending
Summary: 4 Stars
It is amongst the best of Woody Allen's diverse oeuvre, along with my favorites - "Love & Death", "Manhattan", "The Manhattan Murder Mystery", "Everything Says I Love You" & his more recent work "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion".
I won't spoil it for those of you who have yet to see the DVD but, in a nutshell, the bestest thing about 'Purple Rose of Cairo' is its ending with a twist. The ending made it less of a cliche but a well thought-out, sophisticated and touching piece of work. Watch it and weep!
Movie Review: Good.!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not really a fan of Woody Allen but I did like his movie The Purple Rose Of Cairo and I enjoyed the fantasy plot of the classic movie actor stepping out of the screen and I really thought that Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels did some great acting and Danny Aiello did a fine job too and I highly recommend this movie. I liked this movie but the ending was sad! I felt so bad for Mia's character being treated so badly! Not only was her boorish husband a schmuck but so Were Jeff Daniel's characters!Movie Review: Good movie, poor packaging, and no extras
Summary: 4 Stars
The original movie is very good. Unfortunately, MGM cares so little for consumers that they didn't provide any extras and left me with tape residue that made the box too sticky to put on the shelf.