Comedy > Allen, Woody Comedy > 15 years and over

Advantages: An ambitious and classy addition to Woody Allen's CV
Disadvantages: You might dislike Woody Allen!

Hannah and Her Sisters is one of the most ambitious films in the long career of director Woody Allen. It was first released in 1986 and has the longest running time of any Allen picture. The film interweaves between the lives and relationships of several characters in a large upscale New York family and features an amazing ensemble cast. Central to this of course are the seemingly perfect Hannah (played by Mia Farrow) and her two sisters Holly (Dianne ...
...Alexander' (Like Fanny and Alexander, Hannah and Her Sisters begins and ends with a festive family gathering) Hannah and Her Sisters is not Woody in his ultra serious mode. If the 'early funny ones' (Sleeper, Bananas, Take the Money and Run) constitute 'comedy Woody' and the likes of Interiors, Another Woman and September 'serious Woody' then Hannah and Her Sisters is a return to the 'inbetween Woody', a film with serious themes and dramatic elements ... Read review

Advantages: Very Funny, Mira Sorvino is Excellent
Disadvantages: The whole Greek chorus thing

...so here’s the latest… Mighty Aphrodite is an identity–based comedy from Woody Allen, where a man goes in search of his adopted son’s natural parents, and sets in motion an unexpected chain of events as a consequence. Lenny (Allen) is a sports writer married to Amanda (Helena Bonham-Carter), and they decide to adopt a child. As the child grows, he shows signs of exceptional ability and intelligence, and this leads Lenny to embark on a search to ...
...able to track the mother, who it turns out is a prostitute and adult film star, and the father is a mystery. Linda, the natural mother, is played by Mira Sorvino, who puts in a powerhouse performance, something of a trademark for Allen’s leading ladies. Actually, she won an Oscar for best supporting actress as the damaged and dim Linda, who attempts to tough it through life with disarming honesty and naivety while covering up her hidden heartbreak ... Read review

Advantages: A funny and enjoyable experience
Disadvantages: Erm...you might not like Woody Allen

Annie Hall was the 'breakout' film for Woody Allen as a director. The film won four Academy awards including best picture/director and saw Allen move away from the freewheeling comedy films he was best known for at the time. Annie Hall is essentially about the relationship between Alvy Singer (Allen), a typically neurotic Allen character, in this case a comedian, and aspiring singer Annie Hall, played by Diane keaton in an Oscar winning performance. ...
...between Alvy and Annie's family. Annie Hall begins with Allen speaking straight to the camera as Alvy. The scene is an immediate indication that Allen has moved on and is seeking to make a different type of picture with more ambition. Alvy's very Woody Allen concerns give us an insight into his character and make an arresting beginning; "There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the ... Read review

Advantages: Unique, fab storyline, wonderful cinematography!
Disadvantages: It didn't run for longer.

...plot surrounds the life of Amelie from her early childhood to her working life in a Parisian Caf'e. Not your normal upbringing, her father a doctor and mother a teacher have something of the obsessive compulsive about them. Her father wrongly diagnoses Amelie with a heart defect and as a result she doesn't attend school and as a result spends her childhood secluded from others and lacking in the social skills only learned through interaction with ...
...sense of harmony takes over Amelie and she makes it her quest to enhance the life of others, which she does in funny , peculiar and touching ways. What of Amelie? Will she ever find true love, or is she destined to always think of others and keep herself in her lonely Amelie world.? Or is love just waiting for her in the guise of Nino, the rather odd young man who Amelie happens upon in the Paris subway, two halves of one whole, joined toghether ... Read review

Advantages: funny, easy to understand
Disadvantages: may offend some people

Ali G; Britain's stupidest character created by one of Britain smartest comedians. Ali G is one of the many characters played by Sasha Baron Cohen. This particular incarnation is my personal favourite. Ali G is, basically, an idiot. He comes out with a of stupid comments and numerous comments that are sexist and homophobic. Ali G's rise to fame came on the 11 o'clock show many years ago. All he did there was to give interviews in the way that only ...
...After all this came Ali G; Indahouse. This was a film where Ali becomes a politician and tries to change things for the better. The film starts in a comical fashion. Two women are being harassed by some men and he comes to their rescue. These few men suddenly turn into loads of men and start shooting at him. Obviously he dodges all the bullets in his own stupid way and even manages to save a child in the process. This one scene basically warms you ... Read review