Reviews: December 1999 Archives
December 14, 2023
Woody Allen's most conventional picture in years is being touted as a real return to form, and I suppose that's true. His previous effort, Celebrity, was the worst Woody since Mighty Aphrodite (and probably longer than that), so Sweet and Lowdown certainly looks good in comparison. I have to admit, though, that I enjoyed the playful Everyone Says I Love You and the feisty, combative Deconstructing Harry enough to rate them more highly despite the fact that the auteur was shamelessly pillaging his own back catalog on both occasions.
Continue reading Sweet and Lowdown (1999).