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Everything You Always Wanted To Know Abo... on DVD (1972)
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Woody Allen's third outing as actor/writer/director — made in the days when his films were largely an excuse to string together a relentless series of gags — is one of his least satisfying pictures, but this seven-story sex-manual parody does have its redeeming features. The razor-sharp Michelangelo Antonioni spoof and Lou Jacobi's ill-timed experiment in cross-dressing are neatly done, but Gene Wilder's affair with a sheep is rather woolly and the “What's My Perversion?” panel game quickly runs out of steam. The less said about the dismal sex clinic and chastity belt sequences the better. Intermittently hilarious, the best is left to last, as Woody and his fellow sperms prepare to parachute to unknown glory under the watchful eye of brain controller Tony Randall. Time Out Seven sketches parodying a sex manual, in which Allen - before trying to change his name to Fellini-Bergman - strung... Read more on www.timeout.com
Dishevelled revue with a reasonable number of laughs for broadminded audiences. Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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