Well, as if to emphasize the point further, I stumbled upon Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" a prime example of an ambitious idea that actually works. In this film, a woman named Cecilia (Mia Farrow) gets a spark in her unsatisfying life when a movie character walks off screen and enters her world.
-“The Purple Rose of Cairo” was the fourth Allen film to star Mia Farrow and only the second without Allen appearing in a role. Some have said Allen's absence from the film was partly to blame for its lack of commercial success. The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 film set in 1930s New Jersey, when a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.. Directed and written by Woody Allen. The Purple Rose of Cairo Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello (1985) A 1930s movie star (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen to join a waitress (Mia Farrow) in the audience. The Purple Rose of Cairo received much critical acclaim upon release, and currently holds a 'fresh' 90% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 7.8/10. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, Well, as if to emphasize the point further, I stumbled upon Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" a prime example of an ambitious idea that actually works. In this film, a woman named Cecilia (Mia Farrow) gets a spark in her unsatisfying life when a movie character walks off screen and enters her world. A few months ago, I decided to review a Miley Cyrus CD because I was being ornery about seeing either Captain Phillips or Gravity.Lord, I was an idiot. Don’t get me wrong. I loved (and still love) Miley’s Bangerz (her delightful MTV Unplugged special last week being vindication of that earlier review) … but I was certainly wrong in my snooty dismissal of both Captain Phillips and Gravity.
The Purple Rose of Cairo has a very high Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 92% and a high IMDb audience rating of 7.7 (45,201 votes). The movie is popular Rotten Tomatoes T-Meter: 90% - 99% The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) · 8 · 7.5 · 90%, Digital Logo, Up in the Air (2009) · 7 · 7.7 · 90%, Digital Logo, The Visitor 5 Apr 2017 Rotten Tomatoes, the film review aggregator website founded in 1998, is the go- to index of critical reception for 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'. 20 Apr 2018 We averaged the user ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb and The War of the Roses (1989) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Directed by Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman. In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into 9 Jun 2017 Purple Rose of Cairo." In 1988, she landed a starring role in the comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" opposite Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
Cecilia is a clumsy waitress who seeks escape from her bleak life and abusive husband Monk by going to afternoon movies. The film now playing, The Purple Rose of Cairo, is about Henry, a rich Manhattan playwright, who goes on an exotic vacation to Egypt with his companions Jason and Rita. While in Egypt, the trio meet archeologist Tom Baxter. The Purple Rose of Cairo Year 1985 Genre Comedy Romance Fantasy Type Movies IDMB rating 7.7 (44963 votes) Netflix rating 3.5 Metacritics rating 75.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating 92.0% Directors Woody Allen Actors Irving Metzman, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels Hannah is almost the perfect TV housewife, giving up a promising acting career to raise a family. Even after she begins to suspect her husband of philandering with one of her sisters, she continues to be the perfect wife and mother. -“The Purple Rose of Cairo” was the fourth Allen film to star Mia Farrow and only the second without Allen appearing in a role. Some have said Allen's absence from the film was partly to blame for its lack of commercial success. The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 film set in 1930s New Jersey, when a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.. Directed and written by Woody Allen. The Purple Rose of Cairo Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello (1985) A 1930s movie star (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen to join a waitress (Mia Farrow) in the audience. The Purple Rose of Cairo received much critical acclaim upon release, and currently holds a 'fresh' 90% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 7.8/10. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars,
The Purple Rose of Cairo has a very high Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 92% and a high IMDb audience rating of 7.7 (45,201 votes). The movie is popular Rotten Tomatoes T-Meter: 90% - 99% The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) · 8 · 7.5 · 90%, Digital Logo, Up in the Air (2009) · 7 · 7.7 · 90%, Digital Logo, The Visitor 5 Apr 2017 Rotten Tomatoes, the film review aggregator website founded in 1998, is the go- to index of critical reception for 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'. 20 Apr 2018 We averaged the user ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb and The War of the Roses (1989) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Directed by Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman. In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into 9 Jun 2017 Purple Rose of Cairo." In 1988, she landed a starring role in the comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" opposite Steve Martin and Michael Caine. 9 Jun 2017 Born in 1955 in New London, Connecticut, Headly bought a bubbly comic energy to such films as Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo and
The "Purple Rose of Cairo" is audacious and witty and has a lot of good laughs in it, but the best thing about the movie is the way Woody Allen uses it to toy with the very essence of reality and fantasy. The movie is so cheerful and open that it took me a day or two, after I’d seen it, to realize how deeply Allen has reached this time.
