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A smaller, amusing comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York's Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the l... read more read more...egendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds, and has-been crooners with drinking problems. Allen plays Rose as a befuddled, warm-hearted schlub who finally has a shot at getting somewhere when he signs washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) and nearly brings his career back to life. Danny gets him a date at the Waldorf, where Milton Berle is in the audience, looking for guests for his TV special. Canova has a complicated love life, juggling both a wife and a girlfriend. so he enlists Danny to take the girlfriend, Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow), to the concert. But Canova and Tina have a fight, she goes back to her Mafioso boyfriend, and Danny winds up getting chased halfway around New York and New Jersey by the Mob. And of course, once Canova gets his big break, he dumps Danny for another agent. Allen, Forte, and especially Farrow all do strong work with characters that could have easily become stereotypes, and the film has a lighter, warmer touch than the Allen films that preceded it (Stardust Memories and Zelig). ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Release Date: January 27, 1984

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DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001

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  • brooklynspo
    May 3, 2007
    brooklynspo
    Woody Allen at the top of his game. Cinematographer Gordon Willis is a God.

    ''I'll let you have her at the old price, which is anything you want to give her."
  • kenstachnik
    July 10, 2011
    kenstachnik
    One of the best early pictures from Allen's mid period.
  • 5oclockcoffee
    October 28, 2009
    5oclockcoffee
    Danny Rose is probably the less "himself character" that Woody Allen has already played and Mia Farrow is a surprise. Forget her tiny voice and sweet characters; Tina Vitale is far away of any other role Farrow took in any Allenīs movie.


  • aliceinpunderland
    June 13, 2009
    aliceinpunderland
    Basic Woody Allen caper. Main characters go on the lam because Allen's trademark neurotic edges around an explanation so the bad guys have no choice but to think he's the perpetrator of some grievous offense. As with Radio Days, I was impressed with Mia Farrow's low (and... read more brash) vocal register.
  • rubystevens
    June 12, 2009
    rubystevens
    woody as a small-time talent agent, one of the best incarnations of his trademark lovable loser in one of his most underrated films. great performance by mia farrow, almost unrecognizable in those huge glasses. a gem from the 80's in beautiful black & white
  • jennifxu
    November 21, 2007
    jennifxu
    What a charming little movie. Allen and Farrow work together in perfect harmony. I want Danny Rose to be my theatrical manager.
  • mjgildea
    November 13, 2006
    mjgildea
    One of the funnier of Allen's 80s movies.
  • hypathio7
    July 13, 2009
    hypathio7
    Woody Allen as Rose manages a rag tag group of talent. The sort of talents his clients have are humorous in a young-Woody-Allen-movie kind of way. Mia Farrow impressed me with her attitude and accent. Also with the big hair and sun glasses she was hardly recognizable. This wa... read mores a very different character she played from the few other performances I've seen from her. Forte, as a lounge singer making a come back, plays his part as a vulnerable man. He does a good job, especially in scenes with Allen, but definitely falls into the background as a supporting character. The shaky romance between Allen and Farrow is really the focus of the story. I happen to like Woody Allen's neebish, neurotic line delivery that he is known for. In this movie he's the same as usual. However, he has written a lot of good jokes (many of which sound fresh) and gags (I couldn't help but laugh at the leaking helium scene) for this picture. The black and white cinematography is artistically done. There are references to The Bicycle Thief with an Italian fortune teller from the old world still holding counsel. In fact, a whole bunch of Italian culture is interjected into this story. This includes the lounge singing and an Italian mother of two mafia hit men putting a price on Danny Rose's head for a family embarrassment. The movie plays something like a combination of Lenny and The Godfather, but of course it has Woody Allen's touch of comedy and awkward romance.
  • oakman67
    March 28, 2011
    oakman67
    A comic gem inventive laugh out loud funny and heartwarming. One of Allen's best characters and the story is told by catskill comedians sitting in a deli. Mia Farrow also shines as a tough new york moll having a affair with a married lounge singer. Allen also directs this very go... read moreod film.
  • fb20312798
    July 28, 2010
    fb20312798
    Yes its fun, but I don't think that all that much of it was particularily memorable.

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Critic Reviews

Dave Kehr
August 12, 2008
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

Woody Allen attends to his neglected lovability factor in this tiny, anecdotal comedy. Full Review

Variety Staff
August 12, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

Allen's perfect as a small-time, good-hearted Broadway talent agent, giving his all for a roster of hopeless clients. Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

All of this is accomplished with wonderfully off-the-wall characterizations. Full Review

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Even the swamps of New Jersey look beautiful. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
April 23, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Woody Allen received well deserved Oscar nods as writer and director of this original b/w comedy about a talent agent down on his luck. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
August 1, 2009
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's a lovable Woody at the top of his game. Full Review

Ian Nathan
August 12, 2008
Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine

Another Allen gem. Full Review

August 12, 2008
Film4

Warm, funny and steeped in affectionate characterizations -- this is Allen at his most sprightly. Full Review

August 12, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Although the film contains many of the great verbal jokes that are Allen's forte, the visual wit and the sentimental drama fall a bit short. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
August 25, 2007
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Like Hannah and Her Sisters it strikes a perfect balance between structure, pathos, and sheer laughs. Full Review

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    • Danny Rose: [asks about her ex-husband] What'd you do, you divorced him, or got a separation, or what?
    • Tina Vitale: Nah, some guy shot him in the eyes.
    • Danny Rose: Really? He's blind?
    • Tina Vitale: Dead.
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