Annie Hall (1977)

Type: Romantic Comedy

Rating: PG (parental guidance)

Brief Description: New York comedian Alvy “Max” Singer attempts to understand why his relationship with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) came to an unfortunate end.

Famous Line: “Love is too weak a word for what I feel…”

Director: Woody Allen

Starring: Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Tony Roberts

Budget: $4 million

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture 1978, Academy Award for Best Actress 1978 - Diane Keaton, Academy Award for Best Director 1978 - Woody Allen, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 1978 - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, BAFTA Award for Best Film 1978, Director’s Guild of America for Outstanding Directing 1978 - Woody Allen, additional 14+ awards

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Reviews:

“Woody Allen has single handedly kept alive the idea of heterosexual romance in films.”

Read Joseph McBride’s full review: http://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/annie-hall-woody-allen-diane-keaton-1200424062/

“The awards were well-deserved. After all, the relationship between Alvy the screw-up and goofball Annie (a showy, Oscar-winning Diane Keaton) represents nothing less than the birth of modern romantic comedy. This is the point where the obstacle to romantic happiness becomes not external factors but the protagonists' personal neuroses. Ally McBeal, Dawson's Creek, This Life - it all started here. Luckily, this is much, much funnier.”

Read Colin Kennedy’s full review: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/annie-hall/review/

“This skillfully crafted film beat out the original Star Wars for the Best Picture Oscar. Do a thousand martyred Obi-Wan Kenobi action figures cry out for revenge? No, because ANNIE HALL really is a masterwork and an even more impressive one when you consider it didn't trigger a flood of Lucas-esque copycats (except in a fad for Annie Hall-inspired mismatched-wardrobe ensembles).”

Read Charles Cassady Jr.’s full review: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/annie-hall