Der Stadtneurotiker

Klassikernas klassiker i Woody Allens milslånga räcka av kvalitetsfilmer håller än...

This is the point where the obstacle to romantic happiness becomes not external factors but the protagonists' personal neuroses. Ally McBeal, Dawson's Creek, This Life - it all started here. Luckily, this is much, much funnier.

There are a lot of pretenders to the throne of the great American romantic comedy, but there's something about the directness of Allen's stand-up-inspired comedy style that translates beautifully to this film.

It's a warm, tender movie underpinned by the gentle tug of melancholia.

Allen moves freely through the flashbacks as a grown man, commenting on various scenes in a technique borrowed from Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES.