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Everyone Says I Love You [1997]
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
starring Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore
directed by Woody Allen

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Writer-director Woody Allen has produced yet another challenging and funny film with Everyone Says I Love You, this time taking on the musical genre and bending it to his own unique vision. The result is one of his most charming films in recent years, as Allen assembles a typically sterling ensemble cast to evoke the romanticism of years past. This time, the large cast (including Alan Alda, Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn, Edward Norton and Tim Roth) not only turn in funny and touching performances, but they sing the classic songs of the 1930s and 1940s themselves, and sing them very well. The plot centres on an extended family in New York and their various romantic entanglements, including Allen's pursuit of Julia Roberts through the streets of Paris and the canals of Venice. The musical numbers are the film's high points, displaying wonderful choreography ranging from a room full of dancing Groucho Marxes to a dancing couple in flight at the banks of the Seine. Everyone Says I Love You is a witty and entertaining fantasy, and truly romantic escapism.--Robert Lane, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Not everyone says I love this film in our house, but I do!
  I added this film to my love film list after realising I hadn't actually seen that many Woody Allen films. Since I have a pretty extensive film collection and am a complete movie addict, I thought that was an error that needed rectifying :)
  As a modern musical I was fully prepared that I might not like this film, but I absolutely adored it. It's a wonderful concoction of love, romance, quirkiness, whimsy and theatrical numbers.
  The film stars Goldie Hawn, Alan Alda, Ed Norton, Drew Barrymore,... more info

• Loved it
  As much as I loathed Moulin Rouge, I loved this. Where the former is over-stated, extravagent and cold, this is warm, intimate and doesn't take itself that seriously.
  I have a problem generally with actors who don't/can't sing performing in musical films, but here for the most part they are actually very good (esp Goldie Hawn), but really its the low-key, naturalness that wins you over, and the story is really very good. Not "funny" but very, very enjoyable.

• Sheer entertainment
  I was pleasantly surprised by a film that can be compared to a perfect dessert, tasting good, yet not heavy. Only Woody Allen could take threads from the films of the 20th century going back to the 1930s and weave a musical cloth suitable for today. The plot can be best described as pleasantly gossipy (since the main narrator is a young woman), but that is only one ingredient in the mixture that includes colour, song and dance, a bit of magic (watch the sequence on the river bank in Paris) and even a bit of... more info

• WHAT FUN!
  This film had all the characteristics of the classic Woody Allen film - beautiful apartments, the Ritz in Paris, the canals of Venice and then the wonderful music.
  If you're not expecting it, it's a bit surprising to hear people break into song every now and then, but it's fun and the choreography is brilliant!

  A celebrity cast, Woody Allen dialogue, lovely music and beautiful backdrops - what can go wrong?
  It's very light on plot, but this is made up for by scenes like the finale, with Woody and... more info

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