*Spoiler* The movie is based on Hannah and her three sister's: Lee who is involved with a man named Frederick (Max von Sydow) who is somewhat of an artist, Holly who is aspiring actress and writer, and Hannah who is basically the backbone of the three who is nothing perfect which in turn gives her husband Elliot (Michael Caine) somewhat of a dilemma because he is in love with her sister Lee.
The movie starts out with nothing but a caption: `God, she's beautiful.' Which gets you wondering what heck their talking about. It's Thanksgiving and Elliot sets the tone of the movie by telling the viewer how he is madly in love with his wife's sister. Thus, starts the love triangle. He had been secretly in love with her for quite a while until one day while bringing a friend to view some of Lee's boyfriend's paintings he breaks down and kisses her. They confess their love for each other and they continue to have an affair behind Hannah's back. Hannah starts to suspect something is going on but doesn't assume anything. Lee ends up leaving Frederick for Elliot but he fails to follow through with breaking up the marriage with Hannah. Meanwhile Holly runs a catering business with her best friend April (Carrie Fisher) and auditions on the side for various Broadway shows but doesn't succeed to make it in any of them. Her luck gets a little better when she starts writing her own stuff and one day runs into Hannah's ex-husband Mickey Sachs who is played by Woody Allen at the record store. He falls in love with her writing as well as her in the process. Elliot and Lee's love end up falling short of a success. Elliot realizes how much he really loves Hannah, and Lee doesn't want to play games anymore, everything turning out for the best.
I thought the movie was entertaining overall. It tended to jump around a lot from one point in time to the next, which was pretty irritating. The acting was excellent from Michael Caine, and Woody Allen playing a typical Woody Allen part. The movie really had no apparent point to prove or problem to solve. I give it 6 out of 10 stars because the acting, quality of the movie was good. It lacked pieces of the story that were missing, and whatever happened to April, Holly's friend. Although it was entertaining.
The movie starts out with nothing but a caption: `God, she's beautiful.' Which gets you wondering what heck their talking about. It's Thanksgiving and Elliot sets the tone of the movie by telling the viewer how he is madly in love with his wife's sister. Thus, starts the love triangle. He had been secretly in love with her for quite a while until one day while bringing a friend to view some of Lee's boyfriend's paintings he breaks down and kisses her. They confess their love for each other and they continue to have an affair behind Hannah's back. Hannah starts to suspect something is going on but doesn't assume anything. Lee ends up leaving Frederick for Elliot but he fails to follow through with breaking up the marriage with Hannah. Meanwhile Holly runs a catering business with her best friend April (Carrie Fisher) and auditions on the side for various Broadway shows but doesn't succeed to make it in any of them. Her luck gets a little better when she starts writing her own stuff and one day runs into Hannah's ex-husband Mickey Sachs who is played by Woody Allen at the record store. He falls in love with her writing as well as her in the process. Elliot and Lee's love end up falling short of a success. Elliot realizes how much he really loves Hannah, and Lee doesn't want to play games anymore, everything turning out for the best.
I thought the movie was entertaining overall. It tended to jump around a lot from one point in time to the next, which was pretty irritating. The acting was excellent from Michael Caine, and Woody Allen playing a typical Woody Allen part. The movie really had no apparent point to prove or problem to solve. I give it 6 out of 10 stars because the acting, quality of the movie was good. It lacked pieces of the story that were missing, and whatever happened to April, Holly's friend. Although it was entertaining.