Hilarious and Original

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2013)

Watching a film like Annie Hall is a breath of fresh air. An breath so fresh, it changes your outlook on life. Annie Hall is an unparalleled romantic comedy and sets a precedent for films to come for ages. With its scattered narrative structure and outrÃ© characters, Annie Hall settles right at the top of the list of romantic comedies that are actually worth it to the audience. Woody Allen infuses his peculiar, masterful script with different strategies and innovative methods of storytelling.
Allen's biggest ally in Annie Hall is himself. Writer, director, and protagonist. Allen invents his own style to create irony and make the adult audience laugh. He is wonderful at thinking up the most strange, unusual things that are hilarious such as eating soup in a house under a subway and the many Jewish jokes. Allen knows what he's doing, all aspects of his work is dynamic. The main character is a difficult person, who knew that difficult people in life could bring send such positive vibes to the world?
Humor. Humor. Humor. Annie Hall forges strength from the humor. The film opens with a mildly devastating thought about life, however, but it fits with the tone film wonderfully. Allen really captures the essence of life and love with every line that's written. The film stands on its own two feat so well because it's a mature, realistic, adult film at heart. Diane Keaton is as cute as a smiley face on a cupcake the title character and creates a dignified female character. Allen is genus, but you can't help wonder who was the real life Annie Hall that inspired this film.
Woody Allen proliferated the genre and film audiences expectations of romantic comedies. The beauty with Annie Hall is with all the crazy spins Allen puts on the genre into his short, clean film is that it never feels as weird as it actually is. It's a movie that still resembles a movie, and not an attempt to make something so far out there it's unreachable to the average moviegoer. It will satisfy the next Joe wanting to be entertained for ninety minutes, but will thrill film lovers dying for a new life to the genre.
Rating: 9.5/10
Grade: A