Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

Release Date:

3 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Liberal | New York | Manhattan | Engagement

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Edward Norton	...	Holden Spence
Drew Barrymore	...	Skylar Dandridge
Diva Gray	...	Nanny
Ami Almendral	...	Nanny
Madeline Balmaceda	...	Nanny
Vivian Cherry	...	Nurse
Tommie Baxter	...	Old Woman
Jeff DeRocker	...	Homeless Man (as Jeff Derocker)
Cherylyn Jones	...	Mannequin
Tina Paul	...	Mannequin / Harry Winston Dancer
Vikki Schnurr	...	Mannequin
Natasha Lyonne	...	Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin
Kevin Hagan	...	Doorman
Alan Alda	...	Bob Dandridge
Gaby Hoffmann	...	Lane Dandridge

Also Known As:

Woody Allen Fall Project 1995 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for one use of strong language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Mono)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:12 | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

Drew Barrymore was the only member of the cast to be dubbed for her singing. Olivia Hayman provided her voice.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The camera and Woody Allen are reflected in a mirror during the dance scene in the jewelry store.

Quotes:

Steffi: You always pick the wrong women.
Joe: Hey, I picked you.
Steffi: Yeah, I know, we got divorced.
Joe: 'Cause you were impossible to live with.
Steffi: "I was impossible to live with," I love this. You couldn't figure out whether you wanted to be a psychoanalyst or a writer!
Joe: So I compromised, I became a writer and a patient.

Movie Connections:

References The Groove Tube (1974)

Soundtrack:

I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?

Extremely funny and entertaining

This is a wonderfully funny story, affectionately parodying old-time musicals, and evoking a nostalgic regret that they are not being made any more. Some of the vocalizations are amateurish (Alan Alda is an exception) but Dick Hyman's musical arrangements and the performances of the musicians are fine. Alda's rendition of the old Cole Porter song "Thinking of You", accompanied by the marvelous Dick Hyman on the piano, is first rate.

Woody Allen provides many hilarious moments. He uses the great violinist Itzhak Perlman as the punch line to a carefully constructed gag. He uses the invasion of privacy of a session of psychoanalysis as an offbeat plot device. He satirizes the romantic young and the do-gooding impulses of the old. He takes us from Manhattan to Venice and Paris. He involves us in old tunes and comically elaborate dance routines. He gives us a good time.

Everyone Says I Love You is one of the very few movies I have ever gone back to the theater to see another time. I even bought the tape.