cjh (07/23/82)
The copy I saw last night ended with the clipping that says PG, but I was rather surprised at this (cf pur-ee!davy's statement that it was rated R). Perhaps the first Allen with real fantasy, which is bizarre; I also got the feeling Allen was consciously trying to parody Bergman, particular "Smiles of a Summer Night" (or perhaps parody "A Little Night Music", which was in many ways a bad parody of SoaSN). Allen seems to have gotten to the point where he plays the all-purpose schlemiel offhandedly; it certainly isn't the center of the film, as in most of his past work (there are six leads and no stars). Biggest shocks for me were Mia Farrow, who I last remember as a Twiggy type (haven't seen many films recently), and Julie Haggerty, who is a dead ringer for someone who left Boston several years back to make her fortune in NYC.