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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
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Number of topics:1249
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324.0. "MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY" by 29572::COSTELLO_J () Sat Sep 11 1993 00:24

    Hello,
    
    	Just saw "Manhattan Murder Mystery" - Woody's latest flick.  I
    really enjoyed this film, starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, 
    Angelica Huston, and Alan Alda among other Woody regulars.
    
    	The movie is a really enjoyable 'mystery' w/Diane Keaton really
    shining.  There are references to the old "Double Indemnity" picture,
    and Allen and Keaton play a married couple who live in a Manhattan 
    apartment, and become involved in "investigating" the death of one of
    their neighbors.
    
    
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324.1one of my favorites for the yearVAXWRK::STHILAIREa sense of wonderTue Sep 14 1993 18:0310
    I enjoyed this movie a lot, too, and it was a pleasure to see Woody and
    Diane Keaton together again on screen.  The chemistry is still there
    between them.  This is a very funny movie, very well acted by Woody,
    Diane, Angelica Huston and Alan Alda.  The way Woody does fumbling -
    like trying to pick something up off a table, knocking something else
    down, trying to set it up again, in the process knocking something else
    down, etc - is priceless.
    
    Lorna
    
324.2Great51887::HENRIKWMaking the most of miseryMon Oct 11 1993 11:286
    Vintage Woody! Excellent fun and brilliant photography.
    Thematically related to Hitchcock's Rear Window, but
    funnier by far. Almost seems as if all of Woody's personal
    problems have a positive effect on his creativity.
    
    Henrik 
324.3Light and entertaining, not greatTLE::JBISHOPMon Oct 11 1993 16:4525
    I just saw this.  Three of five, good photography,
    decent acting from some--but the usual Woody-isms:
    
    o	Another movie about rich New Yorkers with
    	marital problems,
    
    o	Woody playing the same nervous character with
    	one-liners, even though this character doesn't 
    	fit the role in the film,
    
    o	Lots of references to other films, even to
    	film clips,
    
    o	People acting more stupid than makes sense
    	(blinded by lust I can believe, blinded by
    	boredom is harder to take).
    
    Possible spoiler follows:
    
    I was expecting a twist at the end, which would show
    that the four characters had made a big fuss over nothing.
    But it didn't happen.  I think the twist would have made
    it a better movie.
    
    		-John Bishop
324.4VAXWRK::STHILAIREFood, Shelter & DiamondsMon Oct 11 1993 16:493
    re .3, oh, I don't know.  I've been blinded by both lust and boredom,
    in the past.  Sometimes the results are strangely similar.
    
324.5i liked it49438::BARTAKAndrea Bartak, Vienna, AustriaFri Feb 25 1994 12:318
    Saw it yesterday and for me it's one of the best Woddy Allen 
    movies I've seen (I have not seen all).
    I like his really funny movies more than the tragic ones.
    Diane Keaton was superb, too !
    
    A.