As real as romance gets

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2010)

Has romance ever been captured more perfectly? And furthermore, is there anything more beautiful than the extreme awkwardness that comes with falling in love? "Annie Hall" is a very unconventional romance movie, by which I mean that it's not as distant as the average movie romance. You actually care about these people, because it appears as if they could actually exist. That's probably why this movie is so effective. The melancholic cinematography also gives it a raw power that is hard to describe. I've never really gotten into Woody Allen's filmography, and his neurotic character rarely stays interesting for an entire movie, but here it fits in perfectly. This is probably his most accessible movie, if not just his best.