"Celebrity" was pretty much maligned back during its initial release, but my wife and I had a blast with it, and I think it deserves a second look from people who dismissed it the first time around.
Kenneth Branagh is an able Allen stand in, playing a writer struggling with all of the things characters in Woody Allen movies struggle with. But it's the story of his ex-wife, played by Judy Davis almost as a parody of herself from other Allen movies, that's most memorable. One of the film's highlights is Davis's character receiving advice on how to administer oral sex from a hooker, played by Bebe Neuwirth. Let's just say a banana and a close call are involved.
The night my wife and I saw this, we lost our car in the parking lot of the movie theater and wandered around in a frigid Chicago night, giggling because we couldn't find it. The situation was made even funnier because we kept crossing paths with another couple who had lost THEIR car, and were giggling because they couldn't find their's either. Maybe that's why I have such fond memories of this movie.
Grade: A-
Kenneth Branagh is an able Allen stand in, playing a writer struggling with all of the things characters in Woody Allen movies struggle with. But it's the story of his ex-wife, played by Judy Davis almost as a parody of herself from other Allen movies, that's most memorable. One of the film's highlights is Davis's character receiving advice on how to administer oral sex from a hooker, played by Bebe Neuwirth. Let's just say a banana and a close call are involved.
The night my wife and I saw this, we lost our car in the parking lot of the movie theater and wandered around in a frigid Chicago night, giggling because we couldn't find it. The situation was made even funnier because we kept crossing paths with another couple who had lost THEIR car, and were giggling because they couldn't find their's either. Maybe that's why I have such fond memories of this movie.
Grade: A-