Shadows and Fog

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Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 25, 2026 Coming off a hot phase in the 1980s and suddenly all manner of A-listers and glamorous folks wanted to take a pay cut to be in a Woody picture. There are some famous names in this one, and it was the director's biggest movie in terms of set building. Sadly, superlatives always brought negative results. The biggest, the longest, the most expensive? Not good results. Shadows and Fog is an adaptation of one of his stage plays. It is a homage to German expressionism, but it isn't a success. Not visually interesting enough, not funny enough, not scary enough. The scenes in the brothel are the most entertaining portions. When Jodie Foster leads Woody away to a back bedroom she says something that will likely make you spit your water, if you happen to be swigging, it is such a laugh. But it's not worth getting on board (steady!) for one good gag (steady as she goes!). See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jul 26, 2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 2, 2025 Not a classic in just 1 hour and 26 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more TI H @MeInCharacter Oct 29, 2024 I can't give a pretentious review of this material, using words I don't understand, like "German expressionism," but even my peers, the general public, hated this movie. I loved it from beginning to end. Woody Allen is playing his usual neurotic self, using self-depreciating humor to create our bumbling protagonist, a low-level office worker named Kleinman. In the middle of the night, a vigilance mob of concerned citizens wakes the sleeping Kleinman up from his bed to enlist his aid in hunting down a serial killer. They send Kleinman out alone on a foggy night without telling him what part he plays in their plan to capture the killer. It tickles me pink how he spends the entire movie wandering aimlessly, completely confused. //// Three storylines run parallel to Kleinman's: a quarreling circus couple, a whorehouse, and a women who cannot afford to feed her baby. We end the film in a "zen" way, which will either upset you or make you smile. I fell on the smiley side of the fence. My guess is you, the reader of this review, like most viewers, will hate SHADOWS AND FOG. After reading the comments of others, I feel like everyone else has watched a different movie than I have. I'm stunned. As much as I want to go along with the crowd, I can't. I adore this film. See more Alec B @Alec97 Jan 10, 2024 An interesting failure. If 70%-80% of the dialogue had been cut out the visual elements would have taken over the narrative which, given the kind of homage this is, would have been more engaging. See more Aldo G @RT54480587 Sep 23, 2023 I stopped Woody Allen movies movies years ago because I tired of watching him play the same neurotic, self-deprecating lead. That's what he does again in this thinly plotted movie. But, I loved the look of this black and white, German expressionist film and the supporting cast, most given very little, to do is colorful and interesting. If this were in the hands of a writer/director who really cared about developing the story and the characters/cast this would have been a masterwork. See more Read all reviews

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