A Jewish family in Thirties New York seek airwave escapism in this indulgent but lovely Valentine to the golden age of radio — one of the best Woody Allen films in which he stayed behind the camera.

| Dec 14, 2023

It is wildly imaginative, playful, slightly unsettling and very funny. Not funny in a nice way, however.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 29, 2023

There is still the feeling, despite the pleasures that Radio Days delivers, that Allen's new films now differ, not as cities differ, but as one suburb differs from the next.

| Mar 29, 2023

What the film offers is a stylish child's eye view of a half forgotten world, acted out with the kind of comic dedication that [Woody Allen's] players seem to find so easy under his direction.

| Mar 28, 2023

Radio Days is ephemeral; it is also pure, simple pleasure. What could be more deliciously intelligent?

| Mar 28, 2023

The genius of it is to define and encapsulate a vanished age (if not of innocence, at least of very different values from today's), the memory of which is universal.

| Mar 28, 2023

Actors always perform their best for Woody Allen.

| Jul 25, 2019

Although lacking the bite and depth of his best work, Radio Days is one of Woody Allen's most purely entertaining pictures.

| Mar 26, 2009

It's a great idea for a movie, but Allen fatally opts for a Fellini: Amarcord approach of formless narrative, larger-than-life coincidence, and rambling ruminations on what times there used to be.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2005

"Radio Days" is so ambitious and so audacious that it almost defies description.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Childhood anecdotes and charming vignettes are set against bright-light, big-city sets, a-dazzle with beautiful players.

| Jan 1, 2000

You peel and peel away at it only to find, in the end, nothing.

| Jan 1, 2000