The problem is that with all that material to draw from, Allen should have come up with something brighter, funnier and less draggy.

| Nov 11, 2021

A welcome sign that Allen has recovered his good humor after the corrosive misanthropy of Stardust Memories.

| Feb 27, 2020

The film is flawless, but Woody Allen's genius is absent. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 26, 2019

It's Allen's refusal to bask in the spotlight -- his willingness and determination to preserve and enhance the ensemble -- that makes Sex Comedy the delight that it is.

| Apr 27, 2018

It's all very pleasant but also all very slight, with the humor and the romance both kept at too low a simmer.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 12, 2015

Pure mid-period Allen, a muscle-stretching ensemble comedy with dramatic undertones and playful philosophical musings...Allen's characters ponder the permeable divide between lust and love, and the meanings of sexual intercourse... [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2015

Inspired by Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, andwith a touch of Renoir's Rules of the Game, this period comedy is a minor work, a trifle in Allen's career, worth seeing for some of the supporting acting.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 14, 2011

Allen has no affinity for Renoir's robust generosity, yet this study does wonders for his filmmaking

| Mar 13, 2010

It's not classic Woody, but it has a warmly human attractiveness about it.

| Jul 3, 2008

It's funny and sweet in spots, though the light moments get lost in the haze of imitation and ambitiousness.

| Jul 3, 2008

A pleasant disappointment, pleasant because he gets all the laughs he goes for in a visually charming, sweetly paced picture, a disappointment because he doesn't go for more.

| Jul 3, 2008

It's one of Allen's lightest trifles, but it too contains enough funny jokes and fantasy moments to make it a small treasure.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 24, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2007

Warm, romantic and old-fashioned.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2005

There doesn't seem to be a driving idea behind it, a confident tone to give us the sure notion that Allen knows what he wants to do here.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Picturesque but uncertain.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 30, 2004

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy circles around the nuances of love-a web that both tantalizes and confounds Americans.

| Feb 4, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2003