A Great Classic About Relationships

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2011)

Annie Hall is a romantic comedy that stars Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.It was co-written by both Marshall Brickman and Allen as well about the up and down relationship of two mismatched pairs in New York. The film is also directed by Allen that makes Annie Hall the great "Woody Allen classic".
The story is about a Jewish comedy writer Alvy Singer,portrayed by Allen ,ponders the modern quest for love and his past romance with tightly- wound singer Annie Hall,played by Diane Keaton. The twice-divorced Alvy knows that it's not easy to find a mate when the options include pretentious New York intellectuals and lifestyle-obsessed Rolling Stone writers, but Annie seems different. Along the rocky road of their coupling, Allen and Alvy romance weigh in on such topics as endless therapy, movies versus TV, the absurdity of dating rituals, anti- Semitism, drugs, and, in one of the best set pieces, repressed Midwestern WASP insanity versus crazy Brooklyn Jewish boisterousness. Annie wants to move to Los Angeles to find that fame that finally does in the relationship but not before Alvy gets in a few digs at vacuous, mantra-fixated California.In the end,Alvy and Annie end up with different lovers.
This is of the best movies I have ever seen.It is a film that is characterized by great humor and great performance by both Allen and Diane Keaton in her Oscar-winning performance.Also,the movie takes a look at relationships at both male and female perspectives as well as the differences from each other and the problems and obstacles to make it work.Aside from that,the story consists of many arguments and reconciliations that both Alvy and Annie has had only to find out how two different people can never be together and sacrifices have to be made to make one relationship work.
Definitely,the movie was full of smarts and wits together with humor that makes the picture a great classic and the four Academy Awards it won for Best Actress for Keaton,Best Picture,Best Original Screenplay and Best Director not only proves that but cements its place in modern cinema.