What is this thing called love? Or the lack of love, that would be a better way to describe "Husbands and Wives", because love has turned sour in this Woody Allen drama comedy.
A lot of whining between middle aged married adults is going on, lots and lots of it. Husbands and wives are accusing the other partner of lacking in love and understanding.
When I first saw this picture decades ago, I felt really depressed afterwards. Thought of it as one of the most depressing Woody Allen pictures I had ever seen. But there are still some very subtle tongue in cheek jokes to be enjoyed. There are still enough lighthearted moments, but you must be able to stand lots of quarreling.
Judy Davis, as one of the wives, excells at this quarreling between husbands and wives. I think she was the funniest, because she was THAT insecure and THAT obnoxious that she became hilarious at moments. Or to put it simply like Judy Davis said it: "Marriage is a BUFFER for loneliness"
How strange it may sound, but now when I am older I love the more serious and bleak Woody Allen pictures better than his slapstick comedies. "Enjoy" this depressing, yet still witty trip into the rut called marriage...
A lot of whining between middle aged married adults is going on, lots and lots of it. Husbands and wives are accusing the other partner of lacking in love and understanding.
When I first saw this picture decades ago, I felt really depressed afterwards. Thought of it as one of the most depressing Woody Allen pictures I had ever seen. But there are still some very subtle tongue in cheek jokes to be enjoyed. There are still enough lighthearted moments, but you must be able to stand lots of quarreling.
Judy Davis, as one of the wives, excells at this quarreling between husbands and wives. I think she was the funniest, because she was THAT insecure and THAT obnoxious that she became hilarious at moments. Or to put it simply like Judy Davis said it: "Marriage is a BUFFER for loneliness"
How strange it may sound, but now when I am older I love the more serious and bleak Woody Allen pictures better than his slapstick comedies. "Enjoy" this depressing, yet still witty trip into the rut called marriage...