The deliberate over-casting brings to mind Woody Allen... But while Bogdanovich lacks Allen's gift for writing and structuring jokes, he tends to be less hands-off with actors; unlike in Allen's later films, everyone here appears to be acting in the same movie. That movie is broad, occasionally clunky, sometimes funny, scattered with poignant grace notes, and, in its own peculiar way, endearing.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
August 20, 2015