A spoiled Manhattan housewife (Mia Farrow) re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer (Keye Luke).
So, this film has the interesting historical footnote of being the first films for both June Squibb and Lisa Marie. This is about the best thing that can be said for the film. (Actually, the cast as a whole is pretty darn good.)
This is supposed to be Woody Allen's take on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Well, yes, it certainly is that. But if the lead character was not named Alice, perhaps the viewer would never make that connection. There seems to be less Alice here than there ought to be.
One has to wonder about the Mia Farrow years versus the Diane Keaton years. Maybe it is the writing, maybe the directing, but it seems that the Keaton years of Woody's work were so much stronger than the Farrow years. In some films, particularly "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy", Farrow is just downright awful.
So, this film has the interesting historical footnote of being the first films for both June Squibb and Lisa Marie. This is about the best thing that can be said for the film. (Actually, the cast as a whole is pretty darn good.)
This is supposed to be Woody Allen's take on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Well, yes, it certainly is that. But if the lead character was not named Alice, perhaps the viewer would never make that connection. There seems to be less Alice here than there ought to be.
One has to wonder about the Mia Farrow years versus the Diane Keaton years. Maybe it is the writing, maybe the directing, but it seems that the Keaton years of Woody's work were so much stronger than the Farrow years. In some films, particularly "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy", Farrow is just downright awful.