A Rainy Day in New York

If you can't do better, a normal life will do. Another beautiful Woody Allen film, and I couldn't care less how many other beautiful Woody Allen films it reminded me of. I spent an hour and a half enjoying the lightness and the great performances (like Elle Fanning's hiccupping – the increasingly dazed yet cute Elle Fanning is particularly amazing). (07/10/2019)

Woody Allen cannot be denied a unique style and, above all, a remarkable flair for natural dialogue, which he uses to demonstrate his characters' motives in a very sensitive and kind way. Although his latest film is set in the big-city backdrop of present-day New York, there is an ever-present kind of warm retro atmosphere that can be interpreted as one of Woody's other nostalgic sighs of relief, or as a benevolent hope. A hope that even in these overexposed times it pays to listen to the voice of one's heart, despite social pressures or expectations from one's immediate surroundings. In fact, A Rainy Day in New York is one of Allen's most optimistic films. While it takes place in a kind of bitterly melancholic haze, it contains no heated or emotionally draining conflicts. Just a pleasant film that caresses the soul and the heart. (23/08/2020)

After the hysterical and overly theatrical Wonder Wheel comes the steady and more grounded A Rainy Day in New York, which impresses mainly with its old-school feel, well written characters and brisk script. On the one hand, there's the earnest intellectual Gatsby, who clings to a time long gone. On the other is the slightly goofy and whimsical Ashleigh, a girl from Arizona who's completely out of her depth in New York. The two of them independently experience many surprises in the rainy metropolis, which may not be written by life itself, or by the master of dialogue himself, Woody Allen, who, even at more than eighty years old, proves that he is still in his prime and knows how to entertain the viewer in a non-violent way (30/12/2019)

Woody Allen, a tireless cinematic storyteller with a wonderful sense of poetry, restraint, and comic detail, tries to present New York in all its beauty, attractiveness, nakedness, and depravity through a newly-in-love couple full of ideals. However, the young couple pays for their emotional immaturity. With this film, Allen proves once again that he is one of the masters of dialogue and multi-layered stories. (75%) (15/01/2022)

It is evident that Woody Allen is still in the game. He creates great dialogues that make sense. Moreover he is still able to get solid actors who are evidently showing themselves off in this movie. For example Elle Fanning who portrays a naive little girl here. It is all highly artsy and otherworldly. When you watch it for the first time it is quite overwhelming to the senses but after a few weeks you won’t even know you have watched it at all. (07/09/2020)