Film

Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989

Directed by Woody Allen

  • Comedy, Drama, Crime
  • 104 min
  • PG-13

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

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.

ComedyDramaCrimeadulterynew york cityassassinprofessorbrother-in-lawmurdermistressdoctorhired killerdocumentary filmmaking

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Contemporary, prestige, spare and meticulous.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • sparerichly built
  • rawmeticulous
  • resolvedopen-ended

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 33The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 33The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 33The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 22The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 11The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 11The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

18 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.

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