Fresh
Woody Allen attends to his neglected lovability factor in this tiny, anecdotal comedy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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Broadway Danny Rose
Overview
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Director and cast
- Woody Allen Director
- Woody Allen as Danny Rose
- Mia Farrow as Tina Vitale
- Nick Apollo Forte as Lou Canova
- Sandy Baron as Sandy Baron
- Corbett Monica as Corbett Monica
- Jackie Gayle as Jackie Gayle
- Morty Gunty as Morty Gunty
- Will Jordan as Will Jordan
- Jack Rollins as Jack Rollins
- Howard Storm as Howard Storm
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Allen's perfect as a small-time, good-hearted Broadway talent agent, giving his all for a roster of hopeless clients.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The jokes are firmly embedded in plot and characterisation, and the film, shot by Gordon Willis in harsh black-and-white, looks terrific; but what makes it work so well is the unsentimental warmth pervading every frame.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
All of this is accomplished with wonderfully off-the-wall characterizations.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Even the swamps of New Jersey look beautiful.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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