Always interesting, sometimes insightful, usually funny, and worth  watching even when he misses the mark.  If Stephen Spielgerg and Jerry Bruckhiemer are your favourite directors don't waste your time going to see a Woody Allen movie.  But if you enjoy a movie that gives you something to alk about (other than the size of the explosion) on the way home, then keep up with what Woody is doing.  There is as much said in the silences in his films as there is said in an entire James Cameron movie.  What gives me the greatest hope for the future of cinema, is that there are still producers and studios that are williing to support his work.  He has created one of the greatest legacies of work of any director ever.

No other film maker has his sense of irony. Nobody.

Nothing special here...besides, I've lost all respect for someone who thinks it's acceptable to marry his adopted step-daughter and produce offspring from her.

Aren't all his movies the same?

He's creepy.

I liked the quirky mad humour of his ealry stuff e.g. 'Take the money and run', 'Bananas' and 'Sleeper' but then he starts giving us all that overrated romcom cack about nauseating New Yorkers - 'Annie Hall', 'Manhattan' and 'Hannah and her sisters'. As there's much more of this than the early stuff.. 2 stars.

Woody Allen is a genius! His humor is great, alot of people can relate to his dry, bumbling, awkward sense of self and the world around him!

Ignoring the glare the media has placed on him and his personal life, he remains both an interesting and original director. His work has had some incredible highs and lows but they're always his own unique brand. His films are filled with quirky humor and consistent creativity. Unpredictable in every venture, he's either very good or very bad- he can't seem to find a middle ground.

What I love about Woody Allen is that hes not one of those predictable directors, he is in fact the opposite and very ambiguous. Hes also one of the few directors that writes their own material instead of ripping off other peoples work and getting credit for it. When you watch a Woody Allen film theres no high expectations, you don't know what to expect as his movies are never quite the same. The only consisting theme is a jazz or 1920's/1930's soundtrack and the same font in the credits. I loved Sweet and Lowdown, Celebrity and Hannah and her Sisters. I didn't like Annie Hall or Manhattan, but Everyone Says I Love You was in-between. For me personally I would rather see a movie with no expectations than go to see one where I was sorely disappointed due to high expectations.

He is the absolute greatest comedy directors ever. I love his acting and humor it never fails. theirs no bad movie yet he ever made!

A weirdo freak job!

His films in the earlyier days where so funny to watch. Every movie he did back the was a comic masterpeice. Still to this day it is funny to watch. Woody Allen is skilled in the feild of comedy. I wish another one of his movies would come out in the same form as the originals. One of the best Comic directors of all time.

A great film maker without question.

Can't stand the nerdy little puss. The Academy Awards gave the Oscar to Annie Hall over Star Wars in 1977, and that remains the single, largest mistake the Academy has ever made. They can never be forgiven for that.

Woody Allen is a genius, nothing short. Okay, the last several movies that he has done haven't been as brillant as earlier ones but, when you look at a retrospective you realize that yes, he is a genius. Personal life?? Uh.... different story.

Back in the 70's or even most of the 80's I'd have given him five shining stars without hesitation. And that would be in spite of the fact that "Annie Hall" was, for me, the biggest collection of gratuitous and pointless yakking ever captured on film - not to mention one of only two movies to inspire me to leave the movie theater early. Then there was "Broadway Danny Rose" which I found to be one of the funniest and most touching films ever. So, maybe my issues with Allen have more to do with subject matter or writing than his ability to direct. His personal life is none of my business even though the media seems to think it is. Still, the media attention and his own actions, over the last few years, have certainly resulted in casting a pall on the man and, to some degree, his work is now also seen in a darker light. To sum up my thoughts on the guy - when he's good he's very, very good, but when he's bad he's just a self-serving little dolt - apparently on all levels.

Some directors are talked about all the time, but Woody is talked about for all of the wrong reasons.

Allen's early films were filled with brilliant oddball humor, but most of what followed has made it difficult to remember how close he was to Monty Python and other great absurdists. Many of his more mainstream films have been interesting (Zelig, Annie Hall, Radio Days) and worthy of his legend, but he's also had a lot of misses over the years.