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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 08/17/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 32 Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Musical Comedy, Ensemble Film

Featuring a soundtrack filled with beloved "standard" songs such as "Just You, Just Me" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me," this musical comedy by Woody Allen concerns a polite and comfortably well-off group of people and their romantic difficulties. DJ (Natasha Lyonne), who narrates the picture, is the daughter of divorced couple Steffi (Goldie Hawn) and Joe (Woody Allen). Since the break-up, Steffi has married Bob (Alan Alda); their children, DJ's half-sister and half-brother, are Skyler (Drew Barrymore) and Scott (Lukas Haas). Skyler is about to be married to a likeable chap named Holden (Edward Norton). However, her mother Steffi, a wealthy liberal, cultivates people as "projects." Her latest project is ex-con Charles (Tim Roth), an extremely rude and crude customer. At family gatherings, everyone politely ignores his lapses in manners and good taste until Skyler postpones her wedding to have an affair with him. In a parallel storyline, we see that DJ is convinced that her unremarried dad would find a perfect mate in Von (Julia Roberts), and she contrives an elaborate (and successful) scheme to bring them together. In a fashion typical of '30s musicals, this movie completely transcends its fluffy story, using a cavalcade of ballads to send the characters on a chaotic, romantic merry-go-round from New York to Paris. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Alan Alda - Bob
Edward Norton - Holden
Woody Allen - Joe
Drew Barrymore - Skylar
Goldie Hawn - Steffi
Gaby Hoffmann - Lane
Julia Roberts - Von
Natasha Lyonne - DJ

Typical of many Woody Allen DVD releases, =Everyone Says I Love You offers little in the way of extras but gets most of the technical details right. Allen has never been one to pay much attention to cinematic advances and he recorded this delightful musical in mono, which has been evenly transferred to DVD. The widescreen transfer is more than acceptable but displays a few compression flaws, especially when complex textures (such as plaid prints) are shown or during moments of the lovely autumnal outdoor scenes. Even with these minor flaws, the DVD still upholds the integrity of Carlo Di Palma's typically beautiful cinematography. It would've been nice for Buena Vista to do a better job separating the musical numbers into more chapters, but otherwise this is a good, no-frills DVD release. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide