Clarification of their lives from BOTH Woody Allen and Larry David

alicecbr

Amazing the news that passing time brings up: This story of a brilliant Nobel Prize (almost) winner reminds us now of another Nobel Prize winner on ecology, Pres. Gore (rightly). Instead of this movie being just about Woody's rationalization for marrying his young step-daughter who must indeed have idolized his brilliant ideas....it is ALSO about the Nobel prize winner's attraction for Larry David's ex-wife. This is his attempt to explain to us HIS take on why those break-ups happened.

The young obviously smitten: they have at least one thing in common. She worships him, and he worships him. What better basis for a marriage.

My favorite part of the entire movie was the continual playing of "If I Could Be With You". So much so that I bought the complete recordings of Bobby Hackett playing his cornet with Jackie Gleason's orchestra to Richard Jones' lush sexy arrangement. I never heard of him, but he's great. The soundtrack for the movie actually cost more than this DVD.

What is it about Larry David's walk. Was he injured at some time? That wasn't him crashing through the windows so it must have been something else like polio that caused that swerving, almost drunken gait. He also does it in Curb Your Enthusiasm", so it's natural.

Hilarious movie. I don't really buy the mother falling into the menage a trois thing with her super religious background, but whatever. It's a comedy. Real life wouldn't even had David let the girl into his apartment, too afraid of pedophile arrests.

score 10/10

alicecbr 22 June 2010

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2268161/