Bullets Over Broadway

critic Reviews

, 95% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A gleefully entertaining backstage comedy, Bullets Over Broadway features some of Woody Allen's sharpest, most inspired late-period writing and direction.
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    David AnsenNewsweek
    The joy of this bouncy, brainy Allen outing is how effortlessly he meshes his serious, clearly personal conundrums with the giddy formulas of backstage farce.
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    Owen GleibermanEntertainment Weekly
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    Jonathan RosenbaumChicago Reader
    The performances, however, are very enjoyable, with first honors going to Chazz Palminteri and Dianne Wiest.
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    Todd McCarthyVariety
    A backstage comedy bolstered by healthy shots of prohibition gangster melodrama and romantic entanglements.
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    Brian TallericoUGO
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    Time Out
    No! Don't speak! See it!
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    Mal VincentThe Virginian-Pilot
    This, at best, is second-rate, unimportant Woody Allen. It tries much too hard and delivers only the obvious.
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    Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy
    One of Woody's best.
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    Jeffrey M. AndersonCombustible Celluloid
    One of Woody Allen's flat-out funniest movies.
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    Wesley LovellCinema Sight
    Dianne Wiest elevates even the most esoteric argument in the film to a level of sublime entertainment.
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