Anal Allen...

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2002)

One often finds oneself wondering what the voting members of The Academy were thinking when they selected a particular film (or director) as Best of the Year. Not so this time. If ever a motion picture earned its Oscar(s), it was this one. Woody Allen's best. Were I an aspiring filmmaker wanting to delve into comedy, I would make a point of hunting down this one and studying it. Dying, it's been said, is easy- comedy is hard. Allen covers both bases with this observation: "I don't mind dying... I just don't want to be there when it happens."