Polymorphically Perverse

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2009)

I caught Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" about fifteen minutes in on late-night TV a few months ago. Of course I've seen it five hundred times, but next thing I knew the end credits were rolling. What else needs to be said?
Sifting through the pieces of a failed relationship: the good times get better, the warning signs more pronounced. This is the breakup of a romance and the romance of the breakup. Sad, wistful, hilarious... an all-time classic weakened only slightly by the thousands of variations since, from Albert Brooks to "Seinfeld." My favorite moments include:

Annie's second cabaret appearance

The Los Angeles Christmas montage (sounds like a cool band name)

The lobster pot, and of course, the final shot...

Brilliantly written by Woody & Marshall Brickman, gorgeously photographed by Gordon Willis, this is effortless beauty... if you haven't seen it you better have a pretty good excuse.
GRADE: A+