Not a Lot of People Know That Department : Woody Allen originally filmed this one-set gloomarama with a cast including Christopher Walken, Charles Durning and Maureen OSullivan, but wasnt happy with the results so he shot the whole thing again hauling in Sam Waterston, Denholm Elliott and Elaine Stritch to take over and play opposite seasoned Allenites like Mia Farrow and Dianne Wiest.
Stritch is miserable because shes old, Farrow is miserable because none of her relationships work, Waterston is miserable because he cant write a novel, Wiest is miserable because shes fed up in her marriage, Elliott is miserable because hes in love with Farrow, and Jack Warden is miserable because the universe is haphazard, morally neutral and unimaginably violent.
Not very funny, except when Allen tries seriously to get away with lines like Peter, what happened to us? or My husband is a wonderful man.
Its highly artificial and wonderfully acted, but you come out wanting to shout cheer up at the screen.