Rotten
It's funny and sweet in spots, though the light moments get lost in the haze of imitation and ambitiousness.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Six characters in search of love
1982 · 1h 28m · PG
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Woody Allen
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Overview
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.
Director and cast
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74%
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Rotten
A pleasant disappointment, pleasant because he gets all the laughs he goes for in a visually charming, sweetly paced picture, a disappointment because he doesn't go for more.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
There doesn't seem to be a driving idea behind it, a confident tone to give us the sure notion that Allen knows what he wants to do here.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Picturesque but uncertain.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Warm, romantic and old-fashioned.
Time Out
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