If movies were beers, this would be "Finster Light!"

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2000)

A few years back at a birthday party for my grandmother, I noticed that there was one other large party in the restaurant. While they were quiet with proper etiquette and table manners, we were animated and boistrous with a minimum of two arguments per 15 minutes. I turned to my mother and said "It's just like the Halls and the Singers." You can tell that Annie Hall was one of Woody Allen's older movies based on the character he plays. As Alvy Singer, Allen plays a short neurotic Jewish New Yorker who is obsessed with death. "Sun's bad for you. Everything your parents say is good for you is bad for you. Sun, milk, red meat, college..." By contrast, Diane Keaton plays the title character, a pretentious WASP who is obsessed with life and her favourite expression is "La-de-dah." Oh yeah, she just happens to be Allen's girlfriend. The movie serves as an introspective commentary on the evolution of a relationship, and how Alvy Singer perceives his rapport with Annie Hall. For instance, is her family truly a clan on anti-Semites, or is that just how Alvy envisions them? The movie costars Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, and Paul Simon, with a guest appearance by Marshall McLuhan as himself. One can see that it had a profound affect on the postmodern entertainment industry, as many aspects of the relationship between George and Susan on Seinfeld can be traced back to Annie Hall.