Some of the film's funniest scenes take place when Shayne and Sinclair are alone together. Shayne is persuaded to change his original script for each of these characters. Cusack is good in the role of Shayne , but this character in not as fun as either Cheech or Sinclair. Santo Loquasto, Allen's set designer for many years, has once again transformed New York in this period film. The 1920s depicted here is very stylized.
All violence occurs off screen while mellow jazz plays in the background.
This is unmistakably a Woody Allen film. It contains many similarities to his past films and also displays his unending creativity in this juxtaposition of the theater world and the Mafia. Copyright 1994,95, The Tech. All rights reserved. This story was published on November 15, 1994.