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RADIO DAYS is Woody Allen's charming, nostalgic, very funny love letter to growing up in 1940s Brooklyn during the golden age of radio. The setting is the close-knit working-class neighborhood of Rockaway, New York, where a warm, crazy, sprawling Jewish family lives, sharing their happiness as well as their disappointments. The .. Read more

Starring	Diane Keaton, Josh Mostel, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner
Director	Woody Allen
Genres	Comedy

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- Woody Allen is always weakest when nostalgic: indulgence leads to caricature and overstatement. Set at the start of... read more on Time Out
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  A very amusing and ...
  
  A very amusing and heart warming film from Woody Allen. I have to say that I?m very bias when it comes to this mans work. This is an easygoing movie that gives ... read more »
  
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  Not one of Woody's best
  
  Yes, it was quite amusing and I watched it to the end, but at the end I was a bit disappointed. Perhaps as a committed fan I was expecting too much, but however... read more »
  
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  - Sandhurst
  - 28 Jun 2010 at 21:14
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  Wistful Wireless Wonder
  
  Episodic nostalgia in a style that Woody Allen has made his own. In fact, that could be read as a kind of criticism because so many of his films are a series of... read more »
  
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- - born2run
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  - Isles of Scilly
  - 11 Aug 2009 at 21:01
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  radio days
  
  a classic film that never seems to age.
  
  a joy to watch. a wonderful walk down memory lane.
  
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  - Kirriemuir
  - 21 Apr 2009 at 21:30
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  Radio Days
  
  There are some very funny scenes in this movie but it drags on a bit. There's not enough in the theme of listening to the radio to make a full-length movie... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jul 2008 at 09:43
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  Classic Woody
  
  Brilliant. Haven't seen this film for years since my old video copy died! A real gem! Will have to buy my own copy again!
  
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  - Lincoln, England
  - 22 Apr 2008 at 21:30
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  self indulgent froth
  
  Pure schmaltz, a self indulgent recollection, perhaps real, perhaps myth, probably both, of a simpler and more innocent time in American social history. The ... read more »
  
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  - Darlington England
  - 11 Oct 2007 at 17:34
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  love this movie
  
  perhaps its because i remember it from childhood but i love this movie. it interesting, funny, the characters are adorable, and its heartwarming with the odd ... read more »
  
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- - squirrelgirl
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  - Brighton
  - 23 Jun 2007 at 12:32
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  Radio Daze
  
  Being a Woody Allen movie, I was expecting better. It was OK watching when during a few hours when I could find nothing better to do.
  
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  - 02 Jun 2006 at 20:04
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  Not one of Woody`s best!
  
  I`ve watched better Woody Allen films although Radio Days does have its good points. Worth adding to your collection.
  
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- - Gordon Gough
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  - 27 Jun 2005 at 12:29
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  Delightful nostalgia
  
  This is a thoroughly enjoyable look at America in the 1930s and 1940s. I found it gentle and amusing and I would recommend it for anyone wanting a touch of ... read more »
  
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- - DavidGwilliam
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  - 07 Jun 2005 at 15:32
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  A very amusing and ...
  
  A very amusing and heart warming film from Woody Allen. I have to say that I?m very bias when it comes to this mans work. This is an easygoing movie that gives ... read more »
  
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  self indulgent froth
  
  Pure schmaltz, a self indulgent recollection, perhaps real, perhaps myth, probably both, of a simpler and more innocent time in American social history. The ... read more »
  
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  - Darlington England
  - 11 Oct 2007 at 17:34
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  This is a delightful ...
  
  This is a delightful little film with lots of amusing insights into growing up in jewish New York in the 1940's. It connects lots of short scenes with a ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Nov 2004 at 12:56
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  Woody's Wavelength
  
  A series of sketches rather than a complete narrative which give testimony to Woody Allen's love for his family, his childhood and for radio. Charming, ... read more »
  
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  - Leyland
  - 21 Feb 2005 at 13:54
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  Do You remember when radios had to
  
  This film is just perfection. It is a glorious evocation of an era just out of reach for those of us who grew up in the 50s and 60s; though of course even then ... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 06 Jun 2005 at 14:12
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  Woody's Winner
  
  Radio Days is probably my favourite film of all time. Not because it is so powerful or exceptionally funny, but because it is warm, nostalgic and witty with an ... read more »
  
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- - TommyO
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  - 01 Jul 2004 at 01:53
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  BRILLIANT
  
  Woody Allen makes our hearts melt. Classy joint!
  
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  - 07 Jul 2004 at 18:32
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  This is probably a great film. But I just wasn't in the mood for it. I only review it because I feel obliged to put in a good word for Woody, who always ... read more »
  
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  - 15 Jul 2004 at 13:29
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  nice, romantic movie ...
  
  nice, romantic movie about family, childhood and the good old days without TV. One of the better Woody Allens.
  
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  - MANCHESTER
  - 14 Apr 2004 at 22:19
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  A Great representation of Woody's light comic style
  
  A really superbly scripted and edited tale so evocative of the era. A story of 2nd generation Jewish New York life illuminated by the light of the currrent ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Dec 2004 at 00:46

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- Radio Days
  
  RADIO DAYS is Woody Allen's charming, nostalgic, very funny love letter to growing up in 1940s Brooklyn during the golden age of radio. The setting is the close-knit working-class neighborhood of Rockaway, New York, where a warm, crazy, sprawling Jewish family lives, sharing their happiness as well ...