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Husbands and Wives (1992)

Rating: 4 Stars (out of 4)

Mate or Break

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Judy Davis was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her great performance in this 1992 Woody Allen masterpiece, but let's not forget that Woody himself is a pretty great comic actor, playing nervousness and neuroses like he plays his clarinet. In the film, he's a professor who develops a crush on an attractive writing student (Juliette Lewis), endangering his relationship with his wife (Mia Farrow). Davis plays a distraught wife just beginning a divorce from her husband (Sydney Pollack) and dating a romantic Irishman (Liam Neeson). Husbands and Wives was unfairly judged at the time because it paralleled Allen and Farrow's real-life romantic struggles, but this new DVD proves that it's one of the director's greatest films.

Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Blythe Danner, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack
Written by: Woody Allen
Directed by: Woody Allen
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 107 minutes
Date: April 18, 2002