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Husbands and Wives (1992)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:34

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

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: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/23/09
Channel 4 Film

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: Variety | comment Comment
03/23/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Excellent performances from Pollack and Davis in particular, make this one of Woody's finest of the 90s.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/23/09
Mark Honigsbaum
Mark Honigsbaum
Empire Magazine
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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: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/23/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

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: Newsweek | comment Comment
10/18/08
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek

No review available.

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11/23/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/24/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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07/03/07
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

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: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
10/26/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Bleak yet strangely compelling look at modern romance.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/06/06
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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07/10/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

One of [Woody Allen's] greatest films.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/08/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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

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11/20/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The acting is top notch.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
11/13/03
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/30/03
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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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: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/23/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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

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01/08/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
 
 
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