Celebrity

Reviewed by: PhoenixRising

September 14, 1999

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Woody Allen's Celibrity contains six of the most hilarious minutes I have seen in awhile. The scene consists of the Bebe Neuwurth character teaching the Judy Davis character how to give a blow job. Bebe uses a peeled banana for a prop and ends up choking on it.

What about the other two hours? I wish I had skipped it. It consists mostly of Kenneth Brannagh doing a lame Woody Allen imitation. Any insight into celebrity? Nada. Any profound commentary on the relationships between men and women? Zip.

Woody has just become tired. I'm not even sure why the film was in Black and White. It was pointless. Come to think of it, Deconstructing Harry was also pretty lame. Another two hour movie with one good joke (The elevator ride into Hell).

That would make Everybody Says I Love You as his last worthy effort. IMHO, Woody Allen should stop making movies until he has something new to say.