Perhaps the greatest movie on interpersonal relationships ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2004)

I teach Interpersonal Communication to Honors students with SAT scores that average over 1400 and conclude the course by showing "Annie Hall." There are few course topics that are not illustrated by this brilliant film, and in a way that keep the student's interest. Students are mesmerized by the innovative film-making technique of showing the linear transformation of a relationship in a non-linear collage, writing that is so clever and well acted that one forgets you are watching staged interactions, humor that is so sharp if you blink you will miss a joke, and genuine poignancy that always brings tears to my eyes at the end.
I simply do not know how "Annie Hall" could be a better movie. I seldom agree with Best Picture Awards but in this instance the Academy nailed it.
I'm not a big Woody Allen fan and not fond of many of his films. He has produced some clunkers. But when he's at his best, no one in this genre is even close. "Annie Hall" is arguably Allen's best work.