Title: The Purple Rose of Cairo
Release Date: 09 May 1985
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089853/
My Rating: (8/10) ★★★★★★★★✩✩
This is a truly enchanting movie set in 1930's New Jersey. Mia Farrow plays Cecilia, the dissatisfied wife to Danny Aiello's abusive, unemployed creep. She spends most of her time at the movies, alone, and has seen The Purple Rose of Cairo five times. Jeff Daniels plays a dual role here; First he's the dapper Tom Baxter, supporting character in the film-within-the-film and then he's Gil Shepherd, the actor who plays Tom Baxter. When Tom literally comes out of the screen and whisks Cecilia away on an adventure, the producers of the film are called in to help track him down. Thus begins a sweet story of love, itself tracking along blurred lines of reality and fiction. Will Cecilia choose impossible romance or will she choose reality?
Farrow gives a great performance, at times really masquerading as the female Woody Allen (who does not appear in this film). Glenne Headley and Dianne Wiest, though each in minor roles, are also especially noteworthy. But this film belongs to Jeff Daniels who plays both characters with astute comic reserve and the right amount of gusto.
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