Manhattan Murder Mystery
Director: Woody Allen
Year Released: 1993
Rating: 1.0
Woody discovers, after two plus decades of filmmaking, that Rear Window just needed to be remade, and classic films like Double Indemnity and The Lady From Shanghai could and should be referenced at will. Diane Keaton - who all but ruined Annie Hall for me - inexplicably becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery of whether or not a man murdered his wife - the two of them jabbering endlessly in countless dull conversations and the attempts at frazzled, physical comedy only make the already thin and tired setup that much more insufferable. Allen made this after the very good Husbands and Wives, and his work from 1993 onward has been inconsistent.
