Rent Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
3.6 of 5 from 136 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
- Diane Keaton stars as Carol Lipton, a bored Manhattan housewife who becomes convinced that her next-door neighbour has committed a murder. When her sceptical husband Larry (Woody Allen) rejects the idea, Carol turns to a flirtatious friend (Alan Alda) to help her search for clues. And as their enthusiasm for the case grows, so does their interest in each other. Spurred on by jealousy - and by a seductive writer (Anjelica Huston) who's also excited by the mystery - Larry reluctantly joins the chase, only to learn that much more than his marriage is at stake. A comic romp bursting with wry one-liners and inspired sight gags.
- Actors:
- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen, Ron Rifkin, Joy Behar, William Addy, John Doumanian, Sylvia Kauders, Ira Wheeler, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Melanie Norris, Marge Redmond, Zach Braff, George J. Manos, Linda Taylor, Aida Turturro, John Costelloe, Frank Pellegrino
- Directors:
- Woody Allen
- Producers:
- Robert Greenhut
- Writers:
- Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2, Holidays Film Collection, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/04/2021
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Manhattan Murder Mystery
Screwball Thriller. - Manhattan Murder Mystery review by Steve
Gloriously entertaining comedy thriller from Woody Allen which conjures up those crazy screwball murder mysteries of the '30s when a glamorous pair of socialites would get involved in a wild adventure among the nightclubs and cocktail lounges of the big city. And drive the police chief nuts.
When Woody and Marshall Brickman wrote Annie Hall, they devised an unused subplot in which Allen and Diane Keaton gatecrash a whodunit. When the director went back to the idea, he cast Keaton as his wife many years on, and they investigate a murder in their apartment building.
Being Woody Allen, we don't get martinis and glamour; there are a love triangle and middle age/class anxiety. And it's sensational. The mystery is exciting and the jokes genuinely funny. It's so gratifying to have Woody and Diane back together and bickering again. I missed them. Alan Alda and Angelica Huston somehow enhance the leads' legendary rapport.
There are many references to classic Hollywood thrillers, like Vertigo and Rear Window. The film achieves film buff nirvana when the denouement plays out over Lady from Shanghai shown in a fleapit cinema. There are no reflections on the human condition, but there is wit, chemistry and ecstatic feel-good comedy.
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