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Husbands and Wives
Husbands and Wives
Actors: Woody Allen, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, Mia Farrow, Juliette Lewis
Director: Woody Allen
Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Drama
R     2002     1hr 48min

When their young friends announce their separation, a long-married couple split and look for passion with younger lovers, only to find themselves experiencing unexpected emotions. — Genre: Feature Film-Comedy — Rating: R — Re...  more »

     

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Actors: Woody Allen, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, Mia Farrow, Juliette Lewis
Director: Woody Allen
Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Drama
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Romantic Comedies, Woody Allen, Woody Allen, Love & Romance
Studio: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Closed-captioned,Dubbed,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 04/16/2002
Original Release Date: 09/18/1992
Theatrical Release Date: 09/18/1992
Release Year: 2002
Run Time: 1hr 48min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 18
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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Movie Reviews

Woody puts the "Fun" in dysFUNctional
Elderbear | Loma Linda, Aztlan | 06/10/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"He's not happy with her, their friends aren't happy with each other, the friends break up, he flinging with his aerobics instructor, she, trying to indulge in an editor, while everybody self-consciously tells the viewers what they will not tell their (ex-)spouses. We see manipulation posing as truth, vulnerable facades imitating intimacy, lust mimicking passion, and discover, in the end, that perhaps the only true desire in a Woody Allen movie is to dodge happiness & to take pleasure in the misery of knowing that it probably wouldn't have worked out anyhow.Confused yet?I can't imagine anybody still in the "honeymoon" stage of a First Great Love appreciating this movie. For those scarred by years of relationship campaigning, much of Allen's view may ring all-too-true. I won't say how many times I saw myself, my wife, and ex-lovers plastered against the screen. Throughout the movie, individuals and couples long for intimacy, for lasting passion, for refreshment, but end up settling for comfort, manipulation, and denial. I wanted to scream. I hoped, hopelessly, for hope--this is, after all, a Woody Allen Movie--but was left, in the end, with Gabriel (literally "God's Hero") telling viewers that love, romance, and passion can only exist as a neurotic and fleeting figment of experience.Damned if I'm willing to settle for that. And perhaps that's the great strength of this movie. It could, after all, be a satire, not about mid-life-crisis-men seeking youth through young lovers, but showing, in the crassest relief, how barriers and little deceits ultimately lead to destruction and misery in relationships. And maybe that's where the hope lies, in learning to be honest in a way that none of Allen's characters can be, not even with themselves.(If you'd like to discuss this review or DVD in more depths, please click the "about me" link above and drop me an email. Thanks!)"
Woody's Masterpiece.
Bernard Chapin | CHICAGO! USA | 02/20/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have been a major Woody Allen fanatic since I was 10 years old, but only now, after my third viewing of "Husbands and Wives" did I fully comprehend the importance of this film within his oeuvre. It's home movie feel and documentary style provide subtle integrity for its frames. The acting and the characterization are superb. This may be the best cast he ever assembled with producer, and non-actor, Sydney Pollack even putting forth a remarkable performance. The audience will care about all of the players and wonder exactly what will happen in the end.

Allen denied repeatedly that "Husbands and Wives" was autobiographical but it would be impossible for it not to have been given the events of his life. Here we see him play a writer who, just like Allen, is cherished by fans for his "funnier early works." One wonders whether his affair with Soon-Yi had begun at the time of its production and what exactly his interactions with Farrow were like.

Allen was clearly working through many of his own personal dilemmas and that is exactly why the film is so authentic and believable. It will touch in some way most who see it as sometimes life really does imitate art."
Wince and Love It
Mary C. Dubrock | Paducah, KY | 07/09/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Never has a movie about relationships hit so many nerves on so many levels. It takes guts to view this film with an open mind. I takes familiarity with relational boredom and heartache to understand it completely.Woody Allen delves into the minds and dysfunctional lives of two and then four couples with the deftness of a ninja in "Husbands and Wives." Rarely have I seen such candor in depiction of the seven year itch. It is a place in time that will be familiar to many couples given the opportunity for honesty and will likely create interesting if not brutal debate in the most secure of unions.The hand held camera used in many of the scenes are not for those prone to motion sickness. Nonetheless, it creates an intimacy and urgency that grant the film credence at its most passionate moments.Each of the characters is someone that the viewer probably knows in situations that they would never discuss, leaving him both baffled and sympathetic.I highly recommend the film to those viewers able to be honest enough and possibly brave enough to face their most intimate relational demons."
A Challenging and Difficult Film
R. J. Marsella | California | 11/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Woody Allen displays his more serious and darker take on relationships in this very mature look at marriage and mid-life crisis. The movie is painfully realistic and is presented as a docu-drama that allows the viewer to evesdrop on the characters most intimate conversations. The actors are all superb. I found Sydney Pollack's performance as a husband who uses a trial separation from his wife (Judy Davis) as a pretext to pursue an affair with a younger woman and then has a change of heart as his eyes gradually open to the absurdity of what he's done , particularly strong. His actions initiate a chain of events that results in Allen and Mia Farrow's characters questioning their own relationship which results in turmoil in their lives as well.

There are scenes that are so well written and acted that they are riveting. We watch these somehow familiar circumstances because we recognise these characters as people we know.

This is a very serious film with very few true comedic moments so if you're seeking a few yucks look elsewhere."