One of the director’s breeziest, most consistently delightful efforts. Until the final scenes sneak up on you.

| Jun 3, 2024

When discussing Woody Allen classics, titles like Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are frequently cited (and rightly so), but where’s the love for The Purple Rose of Cairo, a movie that even Woody himself considers among his top two or three?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 15, 2023

Mia Farrow delivers one of her most deeply affecting performances in this bittersweet romantic comedy about a Depression-era housewife.

| Feb 1, 2023

This succinct film is completely delightful, a marvelous homage to the spirit of the cinematic Thirties.

| Jul 22, 2022

Of all films about the power of cinema, The Purple Rose of Cairo explores its subject most tenderly, radiating a warm truth in a scenario both surreal and farcical.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 2, 2022

...one of the most entertaining movies about movies ever made.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 19, 2020

Everything in this movie makes heavenly sense.

| Mar 24, 2020

The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen's latest, is the slight but charming story of what happens when Cinderella's Prince steps out of the fairy tale and comes to New Jersey for a taste of Reality.

| Feb 28, 2020

Delightful from beginning to end, not only because of the clarity and charm with which Daniels and Farrow explore the problems of their characters, but also because the movie is so intelligent.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 21, 2018

It is one of Allen's deepest reflections on the seventh art and its function as an escape from our harsh reality. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 28, 2017

In NJ, anything can happen!

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 22, 2011

Whimsical Woody Allen love note to '30s films.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 15, 2010

Woody Allen's bittersweet comedy about the magical allure of movies in the Depression era was nominated for Original Screenplay Oscar, but it's premise is smiliar to that of Buster Keaton's 1924 silent.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 4, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2007

Weird but wistful.

| Sep 24, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 28, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 12, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 1, 2005

sublimely engaging

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 26, 2005

Classic Woody. A great cast and a great story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2004