Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Everyone says I love you (1996)

Also Known As: Alle sagen: I love you
Year of first release: 1996
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Edward Norton, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Tim Roth, Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Natasha Lyonne
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Conditions of visioning: 05.09.2016, DVD on TV, German version
Synopsis: Holden (Norton) and Skylar (Barrymore) are in love with each other. Skylar lives with a large and extended family on Manhattan. Her parents, Bob (Alda) and Steffi (Hawn) have been married to each other for many years. Joe (Allen), a friend of theirs, who has a daughter, DJ (Lyonne), with Steffi. After yet another relationship, Joe is alone again. He flees to Venice, and meets Von (Roberts), and makes her believe that he is the man of her dreams. However, their happiness is fake all the way, and she returns to her previous husband. Steffi spends her time with charity work, and manages to break up Skylars and Holdens relation when she introduces Skylar to a released jailbird, Charles Ferry (Roth).
Review: The story starts with a lot of dialogues and may seem hectic but it does not stop. Woody Allen builds a story with some music-hall and dancing elements and a very dense series of dialogues. Some of them are really funny but it must be seen in a language that you understand perfectly to enjoy it. The story itself is quite vaudeville à la Georges Feydeau. 
The fun is the pace of the dialogues and the dialogues themselves. The acting of Woody Allen and Goldie Hawn is very funny. It is also funny to see Ed Norton dancing in a movie. 
The movie is entertaining.
Rating: 5/10

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