Mia Farrow, Michael Caine w/d Woody Allen
I had fond memories of this film from back then (1986). Watching it now I realized much of it was very sour...people cheating, lying, couples hating/resenting each other. What made it work so well in memory were the scattered humorous scenes of Allen's character plus the sweet extended grace note on which the film ended.
Interesting. He gives us 1 1/2 hours of ugliness but transforms it with 10 minutes of honey at the end.
All players were fine...except Caine who seemed to be straining to convey a love that was totally beyond his reach. Overall the effect of the film was that relationships are fraught with duplicity...the good times are fleeting...that we go through this eternal roller coaster ride in spite of our best judgement.
Sounds about right.
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