Very Funny, Comrade!

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2019)

I saw this film at the Loews Avalon in Brooklyn when it came out. I never laughed so hard in my life. Allen's ansgt ridden New York nebbish character is moved back in time to Czarist Russia with hilarious results. Both Allen and Diane Keaten are wonderful, with great chemistry. One thing I must note. When I first saw this film, I recall at the beginning, when Boris (the Allen character) describes his dysfunctional Russian family, he introduces his brother, and quotes him as saying "He claimed I was vermin fit only for extermination, but I am sure he was only speaking figuratively." I have seen the film several times since then, but that line has been omitted each time, including on my DVD of the film.