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Great Film overall

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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

Where can we start? I just saw this film on HBO. I know its 15 years old but any good film will hold up over time (ie Casablanca). This might have been better without Woody playing the lead. It seems so over acted. He is more whiny than ever. Mark Rydell is very good. As a filmmaker myself I see the "reality" of the process but I don't think he would have ever gotten the job in the first place. The photography is the most orange I have ever seen. If I shot a film like this, I would be fired. It costs 16 million and made back about 4 million. Very few filmmakers can make films that lose money although today very few films are making a profit. I now understand why he started going to France to make his films. For some reason they make money when shot over there. When you hear a lot of voice over it shows that the film is in trouble and the direction and script aren't enough to tell a story. Someone has to explain whats going on. I like his early work that was very funny but this is not funny. The Chinese cameraman bit is funny for a minute, this really happens on movies. It seems he tries to create these love stories where he is always with a beautiful woman which would never happen in real life. He is a very proficient filmmaker. It seems the stories are very much the same. The jazz soundtracks are getting old too.

"Hollywood Ending" is a funny comedy, but only a mid-level Woody Allen film. Although he is still neurotic, bumbling, hypochondriac and caustic, Woody seems slightly more relaxed than usual here - as if he's learned how to live with his neuroses and be more comfortable with them. The "blindness" joke gets overplayed, but there are still enough clever and laugh-out-loud lines & bits of physical comedy in this film to make it worth your while. The supporting cast contributes a lot, especially the stylish Tea Leoni, the slick Treat Williams, and the goofy Debra Messing (who does look like she works out a lot, just like her character in the film!) The cinematography is particularly vibrant. Pleasant, light fare for a slow weekend. **1/2 out of 4.

A woefully under-rated Woody Allen comedy. Allen is a high minded film director who refuses to compromise despite having no commercial appeal to anyone. He's so difficult he's only able to get jobs directing COMMERICIALS! He's given the chance to direct a feature from ex-wife Téa Leoni and becomes so overwrought, he goes blind (unbeknownst to the studio or much of the crew). This is one of Allen's flat out funniest films with a great cast, a ridiculous plot and a classic Allen performance. Leoni is hilarious as well. Both are out-shone by Debra Messing as Allen's ditsy girlfriend and would-be actress. The supporting cast is a typical Allen free-for-all & includes Treat Williams, George Hamilton, and Tiffani Thiessen as a very aggressive ingénue.

For Woody Allen fans - this is one of the last ones with him acting so it is worth a watch. Unfortunately it's one of his weaker pictures. There are some laugh out loud moments esp his scene with Tea Leoni in the bar. The hypochondria isn't that funny. The main premise is interesting psychosomatic blindness but wears thin after a while. The supporting cast is not well utilized. Everyone is made to talk in that Woody Allen way. Tiffany Thiessen has such a small part. George Hamilton just a few lines. The Chinese cameraman and interpreter are quite funny at first. But overall it still is worth a watch for the pleasant neat storyline and the laughs in between. Just isn't that funny after all.