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Husbands and Wives (1992)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:34

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Average Rating:8.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Gabe and Judy Roth (Woody Allen and Mia Farrow), a long-married couple, find their relationship starting to crumble when their best friends, Jack and Sally (Sydney Pollack and Judy Davis), announce... Gabe and Judy Roth (Woody Allen and Mia Farrow), a long-married couple, find their relationship starting to crumble when their best friends, Jack and Sally (Sydney Pollack and Judy Davis), announce that they are separating. Allen's use of a hand-held camera and jump-cuts adds immediacy to a brilliant display of ensemble acting. Pollack delivers an Oscar-worthy performance. [More]

Starring: Blythe Danner, Liam Neeson, Juliette Lewis, Lysette Anthony

Starring: Blythe Danner, Liam Neeson, Juliette Lewis, Lysette Anthony, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut

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Reviews for Husbands and Wives

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Smart, sensitive and packed with quality performances.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2009 04:48 PM

Channel 4 Film

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4/5

Mark Honigsbaum

Excellent performances from Pollack and Davis in particular, make this one of Woody's finest of the 90s.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2009 04:27 PM

Empire Magazine

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Geoff Andrew

With excellent performances (Davis and Pollack in particular), it's his finest film since Hannah and Her Sisters.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:17 AM

Time Out

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Todd McCarthy

In all respects, this is a full meal, as it deals with the things of life with intelligence, truthful drama and rueful humor.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2009 04:47 PM

Variety

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Allen's conception of character is as banal and shallow as ever, but the lively performances of some of his actors and the novelty of the film's style make this more watchable than many of his features.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2009 04:27 PM

Chicago Reader

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David Ansen

It doesn't suffer from the compulsive tidiness of some of Allen's later movies -- the juices are flowing, the hysteria is closer to the surface -- and in this looser, more volatile atmosphere his extraordinary cast gets to soar.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 05:54 AM

Newsweek

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4/5

Cole Smithey

No review available.

comment Comment | Nov., 23 2007 09:20 AM

ColeSmithey.com

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5/5

Rob Gonsalves

This last waltz between America's most prestigious film couple has a tone of muted regret, not confession or sensationalism.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 24 2007 10:27 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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5/5

James O'Ehley

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 03 2007 10:22 AM

Sci-Fi Movie Page

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Emanuel Levy

Too bad that the Allen-Farrow scandal erupted before this movie for it's one of Allen's best serio comedies with wonderful performances (particularly Judy Davis), but questions of life imitating art or art imitating life are inevitable while watching it

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 26 2006 07:38 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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3.5/5

Christopher Null

Bleak yet strangely compelling look at modern romance.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 06 2006 03:56 AM

Filmcritic.com

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3/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 10 2005 02:52 PM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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4/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

One of [Woody Allen's] greatest films.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 08 2004 10:15 PM

Combustible Celluloid

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4/5

Ken Hanke

Allen in moderately experimental mode. Good, but not one of his best.

comment Comment | Nov., 20 2003 12:56 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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6/10

Dragan Antulov

The acting is top notch.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 13 2003 12:48 PM

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4/5

Carol Cling

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 22 2003 04:51 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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4/4

This is one of Woody Allen's best films to date, combining some of his finest serious writing about relationships, in the style of Hannah and her Sisters, with humor that's all the more effective thanks to its dark, edgy context.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 30 2003 05:18 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Vincent Canby

Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives is a very fine, sometimes brutal comedy about a small group of contemporary New Yorkers.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:07 PM

New York Times

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Robert Roten

Woody Allen's latest movie, Husbands and Wives, is one of his best films and is a fascinating look at the breakup of two people.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2003 08:05 AM

Laramie Movie Scope

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Alex Sandell

Thought of as Woody Allen's artistic comeback. A wonderful exploration of relationships.

comment Comment | Jan., 08 2003 01:25 AM

Juicy Cerebellum

 
 
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