one of the funny ones

Rating: 8/10 (17 April 2005)

Love and Death, filmed during Woody's funny period, is just that--funny. Not the low brow 'Sleeper' or 'Take the Money and Run' funny, but a slightly higher brow humour. Someone without a little knowledge of literature may miss some of the jokes, but there are plenty to go around. Woody seemed to realize at this point in his career that the thirteen year old audience member is not his target movie goer. The jokes got more sophisticated and the story lines more linear. Good, funny movie if you know anything about Russian lit. If you have no knowledge of Russian lit...the sight gags and one liners are all you'll catch. That is not a complaint. It's all about the wheat.