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Radio Days (1987)
Director: Woody Allen
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Woody Allen is always weakest when nostalgic: indulgence leads to caricature and overstatement. Set at the start of World War II, the film follows the fortunes of a family of Jewish underachievers. Against the backdrop of their predictably colourful obsessions, a glimmer of a story charts the progress of Farrow from Manhattan nightclub cigarette-girl to celeb of the airwaves. The real star, however, is radio itself, that pre-TV purveyor of everyday unreality against which wartime America measured its dreams. It's a great idea for a movie, but Allen fatally opts for a Fellini: Amarcord approach of formless narrative, larger-than-life coincidence, and rambling ruminations on what times there used to be.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut, Gail Sicilia
Cast: Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Dianne Wiest, Wallace Shawn, Josh Mostel, Mia Farrow, Kenneth Mars, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Tony Roberts, Diane Keaton full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 88 mins
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