Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 15 wins & 24 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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This is a deeply self-critical film about immaturity and the gift of real love. Many films can be said to put an epitaph on the decade, but few remain as relevant.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
18 Jan 2008
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Woody Allen's great leap forward into character development and dramatic integrity.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
4 Feb 2009
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Allen has, in black and white, captured the inner beauty that lurks behind the outer layer of dirt and grime in Manhattan.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
4 Feb 2009
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Manhattan is not just Woody Allen's dream movie. Wistful as it is witty, it's his dream of the movies.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
4 Feb 2009
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Allen serves up a nostalgia that was utterly of its time; he incarnates an idea of the city that, even now, remains as strong as its reality and refracts his disappointed ideals into high existential crises.