Poignant penetrating and scathing hilarious Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosm that they represent. Showcasing Allen’s brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal his nineteenth movie Crimes and Misdemeanors is one of the watershed films of his career. Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is an idealistic filmmaker… until he is offered a lucrative job shooting a flattering profile of
"Crimes and Misdemeanors" contrasts two very different stories, both dealing with morality and the necessity of individual choices. In one story, Judah (Martin Landau) plots to murder his mistress (Anjelica Huston) who is threatening to expose him and blackmailing him with his financial secrets. In the other, less serious tale, Cliff (Woody Allen), a struggling documentary filmmaker, must deal with his lack of success in comparison to his phony, shallow brother-in-law (Alan Alda). These two stories exist on entirely different planes, but both confront questions of morality, religion, death, and differing philosophies about life, and they come together in the contemplative closing scene, in which the two leads finally meet. This film is the pinnacle of Woody Allen's turn to serious drama, one of his most fully realized philosophical films. Although there are moments of real humor, and Woody's nebbish persona is as awkwardly funny as ever, this is mostly a darker film of great depth and intelligence with a strong moral core.
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Woody Allen writes, directs and stars in this classic comedy drama. When Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau)'s mistress Dolores (Anjelica Huston) threatens to tell his wife Miriam (Claire Bloom) about their affair, he contacts his gangster brother and arranges to have her killed. Meanwhile Cliff (Allen), a documentary film-maker, is falling in love with his producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow) while making a film tribute to the brother-in-law he hates. Moral dilemmas abound as the two stories interweave, leaving Judah and Cliff both needing to make a decision that could change their lives forever.
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