harbingerofapocalypse Even setting aside Allen's personal history that inescapably boosts the creep factor of one of the central relationships, this movie is filled with utterly unlikeable people doing immoral things. Supposedly a love letter to the titular city, the only thing that rises even to admirability is the cinematography. Except for the romanticizing of the city via the look of the film, there is zero romance to any of these relationships. I will never be able to suspend disbelief at the idea, in many of Allen's films where he plays the main character, that he's somehow such an attractive Casanova that he gets himself into these predicaments to begin with. His characters are such annoying, whiny-voiced trolls. The humor is low-key, nothing laugh-out-loud funny, but a few chuckles. It's the kind of movie pseudo-intellectuals write and give glowing reviews of, but for the rest of us it's just a big shrug. If these are the types of people that are typical of Manhattanites, then screw Manhattan, and definitely this movie.

d_m_s Found this to be dead self indulgent and really boring. Woody Allen is a neurotic 40-something, having a fling with a 17 year old girl. Dumps her, dates a woman his age, she dumps him and he goes running back to his 17 year old girl. Pointless and dull and I didn't like a single character.Also, the cinematography, as great as it was, was not suited to the subject matter. It needed naturalistic lighting but it looked like a film noir. For me, it didn't work as the visual tone was in conflict with the tone of the subject matter.I've seen much better Woody Allen films. I've seen some poor ones but this is probably my least favourite of his. I can't help but wonder how this film has achieved such critical acclaim and such a high score on IMDb.

Anthony Iessi Going into it, I wanted and expected to see a loving tribute to the greatest city in the world. I'll put it to you this way, the first scene is by far, the greatest use of New York City in film history. The movie that follows, doesn't quite live up to that. I remained interested, but I couldn't help but be repulsed by these overly privileged New Yorkers. Woody's character was the worst of them all. I hated him in this. He's literally romancing a child. This is the closest we're ever going to get to seeing Woody Allen's pedophilia in action. Not only that, it seems to be all about him here, more so than Annie Hall. If it weren't for the incredible backdrop, I would care less about everything.

Thanos Karagioras "Manhattan" is a romantic comedy movie in which we watch a man who is a divorced television writer and he is dating a teenage girl, getting into a strange and complicated situation. This situation is an erotic triangle in which he fells in love with his best friend's mistress. In addition to this we have plenty of more information about his ex-wife, his job and how this influences his relationships and his character.It's a classic Woody Allen movie in which we have romance, many erotic conversations, a lot of scenes of the beautiful Manhattan and of course a nice direction made by Woody Allen. I liked the interpretation of Woody Allen who played as Isaac and I have to say that he was really good at it. Another interpretation that has to be mentioned is the beautiful Diane Keaton's who played as Mary and she was equally good.Lastly I believe that "Manhattan" is not the best movie of Woody Allen but is still interesting to watch and if you have a spare time this is a nice choice. I also have to say that this movie shows very well how a person changes when some situations come in his life and he did not expect them, and how he deals with them.