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In a serene Vermont country house, six people share their dreams, their fears, and their desires, as secrets are revealed and trusts broken. The cast is led by Mia Farrow, who plays Lane, a woman who has never fully dealt with a long-ago shooting. Elaine Stritch plays Diane, Lane's mother, who never stops talking about her wild .. Read more

Starring	Mia Farrow, Denholm Elliott, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest
Director	Woody Allen
Genres	Drama

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- "...Exceedingly well acted and sparked by numerous outstanding scenes....Farrow is heartwrenching in her portrayal of naked, undisguised pain..."
- 10180
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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- - 5
  - 3
  Play the opposite Mia!
  
  Lane is a very sad, depressed young lady and Mia Farrow plays her with a gloom and doom look and voice throughout. Makes you want to slap her and tell her to ... read more »
  
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  - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jan 2005 at 12:33
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- - 0
  - 0
  film September
  
  I like Woody Allen, and I did not mind the melancholy, but I thought the characters were a bit flat. Maybe the first versions, before he re-shot it were better... read more »
  
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- - Ave
  - 62 reviews
  - Rickmansworth
  - 27 Jul 2010 at 21:51
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  September
  
  Rather slow moving and not very gripping.
  
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- - toddyquaker
  - 89 reviews
  - Knutsford
  - 23 Jun 2009 at 17:11
- - 0
  - 0
  It Might as Well Rain...
  
  Goodness – where to begin? Woody plays it straight and suffers as a result. A bitter but not sweet tale of a woman (Mia Farrow) ground down by the ... read more »
  
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- - russio
  - 157 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 28 May 2009 at 12:17
- - 0
  - 0
  So Long
  
  This film is almost three hours long, but I lasted less than an hour. The cliched script and cardboard characters made it an extremely tedious experience, ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 591 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 30 Apr 2009 at 14:15
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  - 0
  September
  
  Not one of Woody Allen's best.
  
  I appreciate that this wasn't a comedy but to paraphrase Woody in Annie Hall, ' the film was too slow and ... read more »
  
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- - mikedanben
  - 1 review
  - Nuneaton
  - 15 Feb 2009 at 10:48
- - 0
  - 0
  SEPTEMBER
  
  JUST LIKE TRUE LIFE WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT WHAT I WANT FROM A FILM.
  
  I WANT A HAPPY ENDING/ESCAPISM, THIS HAD NEITHER. IT WAS JUST A 'RUN OF ... read more »
  
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  - Lymm
  - 04 Dec 2008 at 00:45
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  ROLL ON OCTOBER !
  
  I should have known better !
  
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- - YOLLEL
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  - STOURBRIDGE
  - 25 Apr 2008 at 20:33
- - 3
  - 0
  ...........arghhhhh
  
  Enough with the laura ashley sexless corduroy wearing middle class vermont set .... I wish Allen had mixed it up a bit with characters of different stature and... read more »
  
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- - Mark MacMillan
  - scotland
  - 08 May 2006 at 21:43
- - 1
  - 1
  Gloom gloom gloom
  
  Nothing more off-putting than the thought of Allen in Serious Mode doing what would essentially be his version of a stark play, but it's actually not quite ... read more »
  
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- 155738
- - RJNeb2
  - 774 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 19:55
- - 0
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  Softly, softly
  
  This is a wonderfully golden film. Set during the closing stages of summer, a group of privileged and slightly disturbed characters struggle with their pasts ... read more »
  
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- - Gary Taylor
  - Sheffield
  - 01 Sep 2005 at 10:39
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- - 5
  - 3
  Play the opposite Mia!
  
  Lane is a very sad, depressed young lady and Mia Farrow plays her with a gloom and doom look and voice throughout. Makes you want to slap her and tell her to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 62627
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jan 2005 at 12:33
- - 3
  - 0
  ...........arghhhhh
  
  Enough with the laura ashley sexless corduroy wearing middle class vermont set .... I wish Allen had mixed it up a bit with characters of different stature and... read more »
  
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- 241850
- - Mark MacMillan
  - scotland
  - 08 May 2006 at 21:43
- - 2
  - 1
  Warning this isn't...
  
  Warning this isn't the Woody Allen to rent if you want a laugh. But for those who like his more serious efforts it's a classic. Interiors, Another Woman... read more »
  
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- - Eva#5
  - GLASGOW
  - 13 May 2004 at 20:19
- - 2
  - 1
  No Jokes, No Smiles, not even a smirk
  
  I have seen other Woody Allen films which are said to come from his more 'serious' cannon, like Another Woman, and enjoyed them.
  
  So I read ... read more »
  
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- - Gunnuff
  - East London
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 13:59
- - 1
  - 1
  The Ingmar Bergman film Woody Allen never made
  
  This is definately one of the early intentionally unfunny ones. I am a lifelong Woody Allen fan, preferring the comedies and specifically the ones in which he ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 06 Apr 2004 at 10:01
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  - 1
  Now, I like Woody Allen, but ...
  
  Sorry, but I couldn't get through this one. It's very curious how the man who can create such poignant comedy out of simple situations, deliver such ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Winchester, England
  - 02 Nov 2004 at 15:04
- - 1
  - 1
  September
  
  Much too slow and too much dialogue without meaning. Not for me
  
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- - a customer
  - West Midlands
  - 17 May 2005 at 10:14
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  Softly, softly
  
  This is a wonderfully golden film. Set during the closing stages of summer, a group of privileged and slightly disturbed characters struggle with their pasts ... read more »
  
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- 146447
- - Gary Taylor
  - Sheffield
  - 01 Sep 2005 at 10:39
- - 1
  - 1
  Gloom gloom gloom
  
  Nothing more off-putting than the thought of Allen in Serious Mode doing what would essentially be his version of a stark play, but it's actually not quite ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 155738
- - RJNeb2
  - 774 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 19:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Dull and disappointing...
  
  ...that's true of the first half hour and the bits I skipped (far from merrily) forward to... If there are fun bits in between or later I missed them.read more »
  
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- 317140
- - grahamfilms
  - Bucks
  - 22 Dec 2004 at 14:49

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- September
  
  In a serene Vermont country house, six people share their dreams, their fears, and their desires, as secrets are revealed and trusts broken. The cast is led by Mia Farrow, who plays Lane, a woman who has never fully dealt with a long-ago shooting. Elaine Stritch plays Diane, Lane's mother, who ...