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- 2002
- PG-13
- DreamWorks Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- DreamWorks Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two time Oscar winner turned wash-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. (DreamWorks)
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen
- 2002
- PG-13
- DreamWorks Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- DreamWorks Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
Hollywood Ending
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6.7
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Summary Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two time Oscar winner turned wash-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. (DreamWorks)
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen
Where to Watch
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Mixed or Average
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
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12 Reviews
51% Mixed
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19 Reviews
16% Negative
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Woody Allen is good for his funniest screen romp in a while, thanks to a few evenly spaced standout scenes of laugh-out-loud intensity.
His persona clicks, the physical comedy amuses, and its comic vision is tantalizing enough to make us suspect the Old Master still may have at least one masterpiece in him trying to get out.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
6.7
61% Positive
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The central conceit is Allen's most amusing since "Bullets Over Broadway."
Is comedy a young man's game, like skateboarding or sex? Writing jokes, creating droll characters -- these take ambition, ingenuity and energy, and after decades of devotion to this voracious muse, a fellow can get pooped.
For Woody, it's looking more and more like the end of his days of whine and neurosis.
Serves as more proof, as if any were needed, that Allen desperately needs to devote more time to polishing his scripts, and less to heedlessly banging out one film a year, year in and year out.
It isn't only that there is a dearth of ideas in Hollywood Ending -- however hateful, "Deconstructing Harry" was at least about something -- it's that the whole thing is almost entirely devoid of pleasure.
