One of the greatest movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2015)

One of the greatest movies ever made.
The 1978 Best Picture Oscar winner, Woody Allen's magnum opus is brilliant, and works on so many levels. In the vein of Allen's previous movies, it is a screamingly funny comedy, complete with physical, situational and intellectual humour.
However, this is also a drama, which was a bit of a departure for Allen. As a drama, a relationship-drama to be exact, it works just fine too. Neatly sums up the ups and downs, neuroses, hurdles and over-thinking that are part of modern-day relationships.
Great performances by Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in the lead roles. Keaton won an Oscar for her performance and Allen got his only ever performance Oscar nomination.
Good support from Tony Roberts. Cast also includes Paul Simon, Christopher Walken in a minor role and Jeff Goldblum in a 5-second, one-line role.
The movie was a watershed movie for Woody Allen. None of his previous movies, which were all essentially slapstick comedies, had received an Oscar nomination. Annie Hall got 5 nominations and won 4 of them. From then on we had Woody Allen's unique blend of comedy and drama, a formula which saw him garner another 25 Oscar nominations, including 2 wins.