Reviews of Zelig
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hubertguillaud
20Apr10
L’incroyable caméléon – 11/06/2009
Certainement l’un des meilleurs Woody Allen dans la veine comique, que ce reportage déjanté autour de ce type qui, pour se faire aimer des autres, prend leur apparence. Inventions visuelles, délire psychanalytique et réflexion profonde en miroir sur le regard des autres et l’amour qu’on leur porte. Burlesque et profond. Un condensé du génie de Woody Allen, quand il l’était encore.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Cremildo
10Mar10
A mockumentary fueled by that typical ‘allenian’ verve, featuring occasional statements from real-life intellectuals playing themselves, all part of a comically unusual premise that pokes fun at neuroses and personality disorders nurtured by the chameleon-esquire title character. It lacks empathy though, resulting a bit distant and not as funny than one might expect, despite Farrow’s ever affable presence. Gordon Willis’ aged black and white cinematography and the crew’s visual trickery impress, taking into account the stage of technological advancement at the time of production, regardless of digital tools, a decade ahead of the multimillionaire Oscars cumulated by Forrest Gump.
- Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Evan B
5Nov09
While amusing and creative, I was annoyed at how Zelig, the man without an identity, is WOODY ALLEN – when he breaks out of his shell, he shares the same humor every other character he plays does, talks with the same quirks, mannerisms, and delivers his one liners in the way only woody allen can. I know, he’s the actor, but when a woody allen character is being set up as mysterious and enigmatic (nicknamed The Chameleon), the only way to make him uninteresting is to make him Alvy Singer. Despite that, it’s an entertaining mockumentary on identity, and what being human really is about.
- Currently 3.0/5 Stars.