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Edward Norton, Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn ... see more see more... , Julia Roberts , Gaby Hoffmann , Natalie Portman , Tim Roth , Natasha Lyonne , Lukas Haas , Robert Knepper , David Ogden Stiers

Featuring a soundtrack filled with beloved "standard" songs such as "Just You, Just Me" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me," this musical comedy by Woody Allen concerns a polite and comfortably well-off g... read more read more...roup of people and their romantic difficulties. DJ (Natasha Lyonne), who narrates the picture, is the daughter of divorced couple Steffi (Goldie Hawn) and Joe (Woody Allen). Since the break-up, Steffi has married Bob (Alan Alda); their children, DJ's half-sister and half-brother, are Skyler (Drew Barrymore) and Scott (Lukas Haas). Skyler is about to be married to a likeable chap named Holden (Edward Norton). However, her mother Steffi, a wealthy liberal, cultivates people as "projects." Her latest project is ex-con Charles (Tim Roth), an extremely rude and crude customer. At family gatherings, everyone politely ignores his lapses in manners and good taste until Skyler postpones her wedding to have an affair with him. In a parallel storyline, we see that DJ is convinced that her unremarried dad would find a perfect mate in Von (Julia Roberts), and she contrives an elaborate (and successful) scheme to bring them together. In a fashion typical of '30s musicals, this movie completely transcends its fluffy story, using a cavalcade of ballads to send the characters on a chaotic, romantic merry-go-round from New York to Paris. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: August 17, 1999

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  • July 8, 2011
    A bunch of actors you never thought you'd hear sing, get together to do a Woody Allen musical? That just sounds horrible, but I wanted to see Barrymore anyway, so I watched this movie. I don't know why, but I hate Allen's movies, they're not funny, and this is no exception. It... read more was plain torture to watch.
  • June 10, 2011
    Everyone Says I Love You is one of those movies you can't help but fall in love with. This slightly farcical throwback to the old time musicals is impossibly charming. Everyone...is my favorite type of Allen movie: light, funny and warm. The Woody Allen we know and love plays the... read more Woody Allen we know and love. Other standouts are the devilish Tim Roth, the sultry Drew Barrymore and the elegant Goldie Hawn. This film is the very definition of star-studded (the cast also features Natalie Portman, Edward Norton and Julia Roberts) and features some impressive cinematography, particularly in the breathtaking Parisian sequences. Everyone Says I Love You's main selling point are musical numbers by non-singing actors, which give the proceedings more of a down-to-earth feel.
  • August 29, 2010
    Natasha is the winner in this show. It was an alright movie. I'm not a fan of Allen but this one I could kind of wrap myself into.
  • December 26, 2009
    An intriging musical set in all different kinds of settings. It was really good! :)
  • January 23, 2008
    Woody Allen meets High School Musical. It's like he got all the worst singers in Hollywood together and forced them to make a musical. It's still distinctly Woody Allen, and the screenwriting is still all right and everything, but I just couldn't STAND the singing!
  • April 12, 2007
    I'm not a fan of musicals for the most part, so this definitely isn't my favorite Allen film. It has its moments but it's nothing to flip out over.
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    February 6, 2008
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    I smiled through this whole movie, it's just adorable. I love all the little musical numbers through this whole film. All the actors are having a wonderful time and so are we. Their voices may not be grand broadway ones, but they all sing from the heart and make this just a wonde... read morerful feel good movie.
  • May 15, 2007
    Ok - can I please just get something out of the way first: when the synopsis of the film *and* the DVD jacket both describe the film as a romantic musical, why do people give reviews that typically state, "they just burst out into song, it was really random", or, "this would neve... read morer happen in real life"? Grrr. Mini-rant over.

    Everyone Says I Love You is a charming, old-fashioned feeling film, beautifully photographed in New York, Paris and Venice, and using camera techniques familiar from old MGM musicals. The film revolves around an extended family and their various romances as they fall in and out of love. Along the way they periodically sing songs from the 30's and 40's that tie into their mood.

    All of the main cast, except for spoilsport Drew Barrymore, sing their own songs. Most of them can't sing (if not in tune, then not very well), but this is all part of the films appeal. Speaking of the cast, Woody Allen has assembled one of his best for this, his 26th film: Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Tim Roth, Edward Norton, Natalie Portman, Goldie Hawn and Natasha Lyonne (who provides the very funny narration).

    The film is definitely more musical-comedy than musical-drama; underneath the gloss the story itself is rather shallow, but delightfully so, with the best number coming at the end with Goldie Hawn, who is easily the strongest vocalist.

  • August 14, 2011
    I wanted to see this because I love Julia Roberts, but even she couldn't save this movie. There are so many great actors in this one but it was just terrible.
  • July 27, 2011
    It's not a good movie, but the dance finale with Goldie Hawn is that mix of beauty and goofiness that typifies Woody Allen.

Critic Reviews


Ruthe Stein
June 18, 2002
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

Listening to the others sounding like a spouse in the shower makes one wonder: How bad could Barrymore be that she had to be dubbed? Full Review

Kenneth Turan
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Much of the film's story is half-hearted, its jokes hit or miss, and what starts out feeling genial ends up unavoidably thin. Full Review

Mike Clark
January 1, 2000
Mike Clark, USA Today

If it doesn't quite mandate a viewer song burst, this sweet conceit ought to glue a grin on your face until its crucial next-to-last scene hits a clunker note.

Charles Taylor
January 1, 2000
Charles Taylor, Salon.com

For a picture that's almost a complete misfire, it's painless to sit through. Full Review

Janet Maslin
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times

It's a world of both serene privilege and surreal possibility, and it offers a delightful and witty compendium of the film maker's favorite things. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It would take a heart of stone to resist this movie. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

It's difficult not to be impressed by what Allen has achieved with this film: successfully reviving the musical comedy in such a thoroughly delightful fashion. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
December 6, 1996
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Styled as a romantic confection, Everyone Says I Love You is, in fact, steeped in an unacknowledged middle-aged sadness that leaks from the writer-director and saps the energies of his cast. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
May 7, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Warmhearted, original, but not entirely successful tribute to classic Hollywood movies of the 1930s, specifically Capra's You Can't Take It With You. Full Review

Ellen Twadell
January 1, 2011
Ellen Twadell, Common Sense Media

Modern musical will not interest teens. Full Review

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