GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

JohnHowardReid Although Mia Farrow is billed as Woody Allen's co-star, few fans will recognize her as she hides behind dark glasses and a convincing Bronx accent. But Woody Allen himself is as delightfully neurotic and bizarre as usual. Nick Apollo Forte (a singer making his only movie appearance to date) is just wonderful as the not very able or amiable singer riding the crest of a nostalgia wave. There are some gloriously funny throwaway lines, but for all its marvelous weirdness and wackiness, the script seems to have been only halfway thought out and too quickly committed to paper and camera. I think it would have been much funnier with more work.

thejcowboy22 One of my favorite Woody Allen films about the ups and mostly downs of show business from a struggling agent's point of view.The Movie starts with a round table of fellow agents at a famous New York Deli who's main subject is legendary New York talent agent Danny Rose (Woody Allen). The banter starts with fellow agents wondering how Danny had the knack for hiring and truly believing his acts were worth their weight in gold? In reality the acts were as follows, Barney Dunn the stuttering ventriloquist, a blind xylophone player, a woman who plays music with water glasses,one legged tap dancer and the one talent that stands above the rest Lou Canova. Due to the recent demand for nostalgic singers Lou has become in high demand at local supper clubs. Lou is married, has children and constant hair issues.Lou also likes to drink and carouse. Enter Mistress Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow) Lou's love interest and as Lou's agent Danny is assigned to keep company with Tina at his singing engagements. Sort of a confidence builder for Lou. Mia Farrow pulls off playing an Italian bimbo with the use of padding her blouses. Danny is seen with Tina as two mobsters pursue the two. The reason for the pursuit of Danny and Tina is due to the fact that their brother's heart was broken. The mobsters are looking for the guy who stole away Tina. They Feel Danny Knows who the Don Juan is. A chase ensues and revenge must be taken. Danny and Tina run through the city, the Meadowland marshes across the Hudson River were Sea sickness is an issue to hide from the relentless thugs. But this movie does anything but hide. It downright funny and endearing especially during Thanksgiving time at stories end. Cameos galore from late night icon Joe Franklin and the caustic cantankerous twins Howard Cosell and Milton Berle sharing a table during Lou Canova's performances. I fell sorry for the waiter. Anyway, this movie is really about how caring, how genuine and forthright Danny is to his clients using his charm and that ever present Jewish neurotic style of feel sorry for the underdog which in many instances Danny gets the short end of the stick or in this case a Contract! This movie is shot in black and white which doesn't diminish from the film. Sort of a comedy noir genre. So bring a fa fa fa fa GUEST, load up on the TV dinners and enjoy off the wall Broadway Danny Rose.

Red-Barracuda Broadway Danny Rose is one of the films from Woody Allen's early 80's period. Like others from that time, it's a less well known effort and slightly more left-of-centre. It has a framing device where a group of show business types reminisce about an unsuccessful talent agent called Danny Rose who was well known for representing any act, no matter how hopeless. The main story thread is about the time when Rose almost makes it when a lounge singer he represents starts to unexpectedly become popular; matters become very complicated when Rose is tasked with getting together with a girl mixed up with the singer, a girl whose boyfriend is a jealous Mafioso. Before long he sends out two of his heavies after them with violent intent.This is one of several Allen films that was shot is crisp black and white. It's definitely to the films advantage as it looks very nice, with some fine cinematography overall. While on the surface it's another of Woody's comedy-dramas, in reality its closer to a straight comedy on of the screwball narrative that goes slightly over-the-top. It essentially feels like a comedy-drama, while effectively being a light comedy. In this way it isn't serious enough to work as the former and overall isn't really that funny to score as the latter – although there are some inspired comic moments such as the helium scene. I suppose its storyline is more of a tragedy, seeing as it is about a man who selflessly helps others only to end up losing himself because of this. The narrative does lack a certain drive on the whole though, and the knockabout story doesn't always amount to a lot. Allen is good enough as Rose, while his former muse Mia Farrow does fine work as well. On the whole, this is not top drawer Allen for me but, as is usually the way, it still is a film with several good things about it.

leonblackwood Review: The beginning of of this movie was reasonably funny, when the guys around the table was chatting about Danny Rose and his weird clients, but it goes downhill when Allen comes into play. The movie is about Allen protecting his one important client, who is a singer/comedian who can only work properly if he has his mistress in his life, but when she finds out about his womanising, Allen tries his best to get them back together so he can go back to work. I didn't really find this movie that funny, but is was good to see that Mia Farrow can play a different type of role. Woody Allen is playing his usual million words per minute type of role but the film isn't based on troubled relationships like most of his other projects. Don't get me wrong, he does have to sort out his clients troubled relationship through most of the movie, but there are other aspects to the film which take over that aspect. Personally, I didn't find the film that interesting, but it's better than some Woody Allen movies that I have seen. Average!Round-Up: This movie wasn't badly written but I just couldn't get into the scenes with Allen and Farrow. The whole mafia concept could have come into play a bit more and I would have liked to see some more scenes with his weird clients, who made me laugh at the beginning of the film, but it's obvious that Allen just wanted to concentrate on his relationship with Farrow. As I hadn't heard anything about the movie before, I wasn't totally disappointed, but it's not the type of film that I would be watching again anytime soon.Budget: $8million Worldwide Gross: $10.6millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there Woody Allen movies about an entertainment agent who tries to sort out his one important clients love life so he can work properly. 3/10