Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

It's about love and reality. Faith and delusion. Good and evil. Success and failure.

Directed by Woody Allen

Produced by Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

1989104 min7.4 / 10

A darkly comic moral inquiry that weaves together a murder plot and a romantic comedy to explore the gap between ethical ideals and human weakness.

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

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  • Is Crimes and Misdemeanors one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 98% of films.

  • Is Crimes and Misdemeanors sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Crimes and Misdemeanors end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Crimes and Misdemeanors scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Crimes and Misdemeanors violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Crimes and Misdemeanors easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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