Woody's Masterpiece, One of My All-Time Favorites (Mild Spoilers)

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2003)

Annie Hall is the semiautobiographical tale recounting the real life relationship of its stars, Allen and Academy Award winner Diane Keaton (who started a fashion craze after the film's release.) During the course of the film Allen reflects on the relationships he's had and what exactly went wrong. Allen intermixes comic routines, breaking of the fourth wall, a little animation and some actual scenes, ranging from the comic (Christopher Walken playing Annie's brother in a cameo) the serious (most of his fights) to both. Annie Hall goes up in my top ten movies I've ever seen. No other Woody film (and not too many other films) I've seen have as much heart or laughs as Annie Hall. Whereas most romantic comedies are usually tired formulas of beautiful actresses and handsome men bickering even though they're crazy about each other, Annie Hall forgets every formula to these films and makes something much more genuine and gives the audience an unforgetable film.