Annie Hall

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Annie Hall

PG

Released Jan 1, 1977

1h 33m

Romance

Comedy

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Comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) examines the rise and fall of his relationship with struggling nightclub singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Speaking directly to the audience in front of a bare background, Singer reflects briefly on his childhood and his early adult years before settling in to tell the story of how he and Annie met, fell in love, and struggled with the obstacles of modern romance, mixing surreal fantasy sequences with small moments of emotional drama.

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Critics Consensus

Filled with poignant performances and devastating humor, Annie Hall represents a quantum leap for Woody Allen and remains an American classic.

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John Simon

New York Magazine/Vulture

Allen is easily our most literate comic, and may just be our most comic littérateur, as readers of his humorous sketches know. But his new film is painful in three separate ways: as unfunny comedy, poor moviemaking, and embarrassing self-revelation.

Aug 26, 2022

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Janet Maslin

Newsweek

Annie Hall is bracingly adventuresome and unexpectedly successful, with laughs as satisfying as those in any of Allen's other movies and a whole new staying power.

Aug 26, 2022

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Charles Champlin

Los Angeles Times

Annie Hall is not only Allen's newest film, it is also his best. It seems the most directly and obviously autobiographical.

Aug 26, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Picking out a favorite sequence is about as impossible as selecting a favorite line of dialogue (although I’ve always been partial to the description of the spider that’s “the size of a Buick”).

Rated: 4/4

Jun 5, 2024

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Serge Daney

Cahiers du Cinéma

[Allen] is not merely a cinephile-filmmaker as so many are today... he is a filmmaker working from what, in cinema, matters to us now: that every image involves a point of view, that every point of view divides, and that every division is productive.

Feb 14, 2024

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Mark Johnson

Awards Daily

One of the most brilliant and inventive comedies, Woody Allen’s Annie Hall is his most grounded and accomplished work. Bittersweet and hysterical, Annie Hall is one of the most quintessential romantic comedies.

Jun 8, 2023

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Stephen L

Woody Allen’s Annie Hall remains one of the most original, sharply funny films of the 20th century. It’s packed with layered dialogue, lightning-fast pacing and subtle comic brilliance. From subtitles that reveal inner thoughts to childhood classmates reimagined through an adult lens, Allen breaks the fourth wall with ease and charm. The structure is fluid, the characters feel lived-in and the humor is built on nuance, irony and implication. Diane Keaton delivers an iconic performance, and Allen’s own portrayal of Alvy Singer still resonates. A masterpiece that rewards both first-time viewers and rewatchers alike.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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I. S. W

Annie Hall is one of those movies that are tight and flawless (like Terminator2, Citizen Kane and even Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom). This movie flows seamlessly from one scene to the next without a wasted word or move. You want to be on the edge of your seat not to miss a single nuance or gesture. A positively hilarious romp into neuroses that so many people have. Maybe we're all just normal, after all!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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Bradley S

Allens Masterpiece conjures a feeling of being, just as it's meant to be. A wonderful film in every aspect.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Russ G

Hate to admit it, but I saw this in the theatre when we wouldn't miss a pic from Mr. Allen. It's kind of fun spotting all the actors doing cameos and bit parts in it; a young Jeff Goldblum on the phone to his guru saying: "I forgot my Mantra!" Christopher Walken plays his usual creep; they spelled his name incorrectly in the closing credits! How'd he get Paul Simon in the cast? Seventies Vibes aplenty and skewers NYC, LA, Jewish culture, shrinks, film critics, sexual insecurity, etc. Constant breaking of 4th wall is brilliantly done.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Alec B

Still one of the greatest comedies ever made. Effortlessly funny and perfectly paced.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Kevin S

It's a movie about a compulsive whiner

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/25

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Annie Hall: Cooking Lobster

1:19

Annie Hall: Doing Coke

1:26

Annie Hall: Can I Confess Something?

1:30

Annie Hall: If Life Were Only Like This

2:47

Annie Hall: Opening Monologue

2:29

Annie Hall: Seems Like Old Times

2:30

Annie Hall: There's a Spider in the Bathroom

2:52

Annie Hall: How Do You Account For Your Happiness?

1:37

Annie Hall: I Can't Believe This Family

1:59

Annie Hall: Honest Subtitles

2:47

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Synopsis

Comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) examines the rise and fall of his relationship with struggling nightclub singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Speaking directly to the audience in front of a bare background, Singer reflects briefly on his childhood and his early adult years before settling in to tell the story of how he and Annie met, fell in love, and struggled with the obstacles of modern romance, mixing surreal fantasy sequences with small moments of emotional drama.

Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins
Screenwriter: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Rollins-Joffe Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1977, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2015
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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