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This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Review: This film felt more like a series of sketches than a whole movie. The storyline is all over the place and I didn't have a clue what was going on most of the time, but I understood the main concept which was that the popular filmmaker is fed up with the critics questioning his work and his love life is a right mess. Basically, it's your usual Woody Allen movie, were he uses every chance to get his leg over. As this movie was made in the early 80's, I can actually imagine Woody Allen's life being like it is in the movie, with the paparazzi constantly on his tale, fans asking for autograph and many beautiful women on his tale but it eventually leads to him losing the plot. He eventually becomes tired of making funny movies and I have actually witnessed this after watching a lot of his movies. He seems to sway from comedy to drama through his career so he obviously had this problem in his real life. Anyway, the film is funny in parts but the storyline is sketchy. Watchable! Round-Up: After watching a few of Woody Allen's movies, I'm beginning to see a pattern with the box office takings, which isn't that great. He only started to make serious money when he decided to stick to writing and directing, which must have been a tough decision because he seems to be the main character in most of his earlier projects. He still adds some of his warped sense of his humour to his latter scripts, but he doesn't have that million words per minute, annoying humour, which I saw in some of the scenes in this movie. At the end of the day, this is a watchable movie which is better than some of his latter projects, but I'm still struggling to understand the mind behind his work.Budget: $10million Worldwide Gross: $10.3millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there Woody Allen movies about a popular director who is going through a nervous breakdown because of the pressure of being a comedy genius and his constant problems with relationships. 5/10

Maligned by many on its initial release (Pauline Kael called it a dupe of a dupe of 8 ½), STARDUST MEMORIES is one of Woody Allen's richest films. Neither comedy nor drama, it's shows Allen's outrageous moxie in both spoofing Fellini and making his own version of the hell which fame can bring. Allen is Sandy Bates, a famous movie director attending a weekend festival of his own films where he's inundated with one loony fan after another. Freakish looking or unbelievably intrusive, these people give him no rest. Inter-cut with telling episodes of his own personal life, which of course is full of women troubles (Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper & Marie-Christine Barrault are excellent), the film has lots of laughs, though admittedly a lot of cynicism as well. The stark B&W cinematography by Gordon Willis adds a lot, bringing many ghoulish looking people to life. The large cast includes Daniel Stern, Tony Roberts, Amy Wright, Laraine Newman, Louise Lasser and Dorothy Leon (as Allen's non too bright cook).

Woody Allen can't decide (at this point in his career) if he wants to make funny or serious films; I can't decide if (and how much) I like "Stardust Memories". The term " mixed bag" was invented for films like this; on one hand, it has several layers of self reflection (it's a movie about a director who wants to leave the "funny stuff" behind but can't quite bring himself to, and the movie itself has a lot less "funny stuff" than Allen's early films, but certainly a lot more than "Interiors", plus there are movies-within-the movie-within-the-movie), some great lines ("If I identified with a Greek mythological character, it wouldn't be Narcissus" - "Who would it be?" - "Zeus!"), a couple of inexplicably magical moments (the hot air balloons), and three extremely beautiful women (my favorite is Marie Christine Barrault). On the other hand, it has practically no plot (I'd say approximately 70% of the movie is Woody being pestered by fans and signing autographs), it feels aimless, and it's a little hard to stomach that the three aforementioned extremely beautiful women (four, if you count the "room service" by an eager young female fan) all have the hots for Woody. I guess this whole movie is a matter of perspective: if you like it, you'll call it free-form. If you don't, you'll find it formless. One thing is beyond doubt, however: Woody's taste in music is impeccable. **1/2 out of 4.

The real brilliance behind Stardust Memories is - any reviewer naming its flaws would automatically find himself parroting the very reviewers Allen is mocking in the film itself. Too artistic? Too depressing? Not funny enough? Well, maybe. Although, as he points out himself in the movie, why should he be forced to make only funny movies? More to the point, Stardust Memories is somewhat fragmented and uneven, especially compared to recent masterpieces Annie Hall and Manhattan. You might also say that, Like Interiors, Stardust Memories suffers from too many stylistic references to other filmmakers - this time Fellini more than Bergman. But this time it works, as it's clearly part of the point, and it's pointed out in the film itself ("not exactly an homage, we just stole the idea outright").Despite a clear lack of balance and clarity, Stardust Memories is a Woody Allen classic, one that deserves much more attention than it usually gets, if only for being his first film that deals with filmmaking, leading to more recent semi-autobiographical works like Deconstructing Harry and Hollywood Ending. More importantly, it shows him more self-aware than ever before, coming to terms with a lot about himself, not unlike Fellini did in 8 1/2, which was Allen's obvious major influence in making it. And for fans of this magnificent creator, it's essential.