Allen's shtick has seriously palled

Rating: 4/10 (16 July 2015)

Here's the thing about Woody Allen movies in the Seventies. They were so funny back then in large part because they were so different from all other movies. But thirty-five or so years down the road, Allen's shtick, the neurotic, New York, nerdy, Jewish angst has seriously palled. And so have his movies. Including those from back in the day. "Annie Hall" was fresh and different in 1977. But it is old hat in 2015 and no longer very good, or very funny. Seeing this again now, it is hard to believe how much I liked it back then. There are still some good things about it, some of the framing of some shots, the violation of the fourth wall, and so on, that still stand out. But overall, blah.