Bullets Over Broadway
Woody Allen backstage crime comedy set at the height of the Roaring Twenties. Stars John Cusack and Dianne Wiest.
David Shayne (Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly).
- Director:
- Woody Allen ('Annie Hall', 'Midnight in Paris', 'Bananas')
- Writer:
- Woody AllenDouglas McGrath
- Cast:
- John CusackDianne WiestJennifer TillyChazz PalminteriMary-Louise ParkerJack WardenRob ReinerTracey UllmanJoe ViterelliJim Broadbent
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressA backstage comedy bolstered by healthy shots of prohibition gangster melodrama and romantic entanglements.
The New York Times
pressMr. Allen has drawn on autobiographical specifics in other films, but this may be the one in which he speaks most seriously from the heart.
Rolling Stone
pressOne of Allen's best and most revealing comedies, as much a moral meditation as it is dazzling fun.
Roger Ebert
pressThe movie is very funny and, in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads, surprisingly tough.
Variety
pressA backstage comedy bolstered by healthy shots of prohibition gangster melodrama and romantic entanglements.
The New York Times
pressMr. Allen has drawn on autobiographical specifics in other films, but this may be the one in which he speaks most seriously from the heart.
Rolling Stone
pressOne of Allen's best and most revealing comedies, as much a moral meditation as it is dazzling fun.
Roger Ebert
pressThe movie is very funny and, in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads, surprisingly tough.
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