I was glad when this was over

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2005)

I guess I'm not the type who likes Woody Allen films. While I loved 'Don't Drink the Water' and I liked 'The Sunshine Boys', I found 'Scenes from a Mall' to be a disappointment. I don't remember exactly how I felt about 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' and 'Alice', but I don't recall liking either one a lot.
So my expectations were not that high for this movie. I really enjoyed the surreal scenes, such as when the adult Alvy appeared in the classroom where he was a child, especially when the kids started saying some very adult things. The scene with the wicked queen from 'Snow White' was great and, if it was new animation, rather than just inserting characters into the old, it was perfect. I liked some of Alvy's jokes, but by no means all. And while some of the humor may have been cutting edge way back then, it's not my taste and I've heard it too many times before. I like old corny jokes told well.
I'm sure Diane Keaton did a good job. Annie Hall just didn't appeal to me as a character, and she wasn't that pretty, though I liked her hair and she had a nice smile. I liked the outfit that included the tie her grandmother gave her.
It surprised me that Alvy left a party to watch a Knicks game. I just don't think of Woody Allen, or his characters, as sports fans. I don't like sports myself.
I was confused several times because Alvy seemed to know Annie well at first, then it was like they had just met in some later scenes, and this was never explained.
Something I found curious, which indicates there could be strong language here: the TV station included a stern warning about adult content because this was not edited. And yet the sound went out a couple of times. I don't know what I didn't hear, but I suspect it was bad.
I'm not saying I can't like this kind of humor. It's just that this wasn't my kind of movie.