starring Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest
written and directed by Woody Allen
107 minutes
Hannah (Mia Farrow) and her sisters Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Diane Wiest) stumble through a couple years of their lives. Lee has an affair with Hannah's husband. Holly tries to make it as an actress before turning to writing. Mickey, Hannah's first husband, gives up his career in television and tries to find himself.
I've seen this movie before but it has probably been more than 35 years since I last saw it. I don't recall exactly what my reaction to it was back then. I think that I might have been disappointed that it wasn't overflowing with jokes.
Michael Caine played the part of Elliot. Woody Allen played the part of Mickey.
There are a number of familiar faces in small roles in this film: Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan, Julie Kavner, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, and John Turturro. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and J.T. Walsh were also in this movie, according to IMDb, but I don't recall seeing them in it.
There's a moment in this movie where Mickey (Woody Allen) gets annoyed when the censors cut a joke (from the television show that he was producing) about child molestation.
I like this movie but I'm not sure why. It seems to be about how messy life can be. Maybe that's why I like it. I don't feel as though my life resembles any of the lives in this film, which is not to say that my life isn't messy.
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