This film has a lot of fans. It's beautiful to look at, has an all star cast (who are rarely given close ups so you could be unaware of that fact), some imagination...
But the bulk of the plot is about married Mia Farrow deciding whether to root Joe Mantegna and spending ages to do it. I don't think Allen quite nailed the focus. The film came alive at time - when she was invisible, at the end in montage when she decides to be a do gooder, Bernadette Peters as a muse. Those were brief times. The bulk of it is her deciding whether to root someone and then trying to do it. For me the film didn't get its "spine" right.
But it has its fans.
Cast includes Blythe Danner (Farrow's sister), Cybill Shepherd (old friend), Bill Hurt (husband), Elle MacPherson (random hot woman in lingere), Judy Davis (Mantegna's ex), Alex Baldwin (ex), James Toback (!) (professor).
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