If it weren't for the hopeless September, HUSBANDS AND WIVES would be Woody Allen's worst film. After Judy Davis and Sydney Pollack announce that they're divorcing, friends Allen and Mia Farrow start to re-examine their own relationship, with Allen starting an odd -- and creepy --- relationship with young student Juliette Lewis. Pretentious in the extreme --- Allen and Lewis discuss Rilke --- this is a god-awful movie and, as with most of his failed attempts at drama, Allen leaves ALL humor behind. It's as if he thinks having any levity leak in would dilute the impact of whatever he's trying to put across. The hand-held camera work doesn't help either...it's one thing to go hand-held to heighten the realism, but here it's so jerky and extreme, it's sickening.
Review of Husbands and Wives
