Broadway Danny Rose

Oh, wow, what a great film, with comedians Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan, Sandy Baron, among others, reminiscing (hilariously!) over lunch, about the irrepressible Broadway Danny Rose! Mr. Allen is such a poor (but, extremely-likable) nebbish, who you just... Full review

Writer/director/star Woody Allen plays agent/manager Danny Rose in this funny, loving, nostalgic look at the lower and fringe rungs of the entertainment industry, combined with a mob subplot and not a little "philosophy of life" contemplation.The film begins with a... Full review

One of the most commonly leveled criticisms against Woody Allen is that he has no range as an actor or is that he simply plays the same stammering intellectual in all of his films. Nothing could be further from the... Full review

Although a very funny film, Broadway Danny Rose is more of character study and philosophical morality play. This film explores the life and values of Danny Rose (played by Allen)--a theatrical talent manager. Although he appears to be a hapless... Full review

This is my favorite Woody Allen movie. I think you can see the glee that he secretly has, playing the nebbishy Danny Rose, in his world of untalented types reaching for the stars. The Mobsters are almost like a preview... Full review

If there's one thing that almost all of Woody Allen's comedies have in common, it's charm. Few have more of it than Broadway Danny Rose. Not Allen's best, not his funniest, but this warm and sentimental film grabs the viewer... Full review

This is a chamber piece, shot during Allen's black and white period. The first time I saw it, in a cinema, I found it disappointing, somehow uncinematic. I saw it a second time, on television and it seemed much more... Full review

Upon my initial viewing of "Broadway Danny Rose" ("BDR," as I will refer to it henceforth) when it opened in theaters back in 1984, I recall being somewhat disappointed at this seemingly frothy, light-weight film. Sometimes it takes additional viewings... Full review

I have never been able to relate to many of Woody Allen's films, although I would say that nearly all of them are quite well concieved and executed. Broadway Danny Rose is something quite unique, I mean that the script... Full review

This was never embraced as one of Woody Allen's best pictures, but it certainly ranks alongside Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Annie Hall, although it is far removed in subject matter from any of these. Danny Rose is an... Full review

This is Broadway Danny Rose, the most legendary talent agent in New York, the guy who will represent you after you've been laughed off every stage in the Catskills. Broadway Danny Rose ," like all of Allen's best movies, is a New York movie. ... Full Review

Woody Allen's 1984 feature Broadway Danny Rose skillfully embraces a yearning for mid-20th-century showmanship without sacrificing much of the biting humor Allen honed throughout his great films over the previous decade. A minor charmer when judged against Allen's body of work from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, it nevertheless towers above the director's sloppy and painfully anachronistic recent work. ... Full Review

his favorite films....Farrow's performance is superb and unlike anything else in her career:.... ... Full Review

Still, among Allen's works, my personal take is that Broadway Danny Rose is a middling effort. It is energetic and colorful (well, for a film in black and white), and has a few laugh-out-loud moments (my favorite is the scene with a shoot-out near helium tanks). ... Full Review

While Rose didn't provide a terrific experience, it seemed to be a fairly charming and entertaining film that worked much better than I expected. Ultimately, Broadway Danny Rose offered a surprisingly warm and witty experience. ... Full Review

F ilmed in sharp black and white and steeped in showbiz nostalgia, this underappreciated 1984 feature is regarded by many critics as one of Woody Allen's best films. ... Full Article

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From Amazon : Often overlooked, Broadway Danny Rose has developed a cult following among select Woody Allen fans; Chris Rock, of all people, says it's one of his favorite films. ... Full Article

In Rckblenden erzhlen diverse Kunden des erfolglosen New Yorker Agenten Danny Rose ( Woody Allen selbst) von seinem Unglck mit den Knstlern, der Liebe (wieder mal: Mia Farrow ) und auch noch der Mafia. ... Full Article

Allen's perfect as a small-time, good-hearted Broadway talent agent, giving his all for a roster of hopeless clients. Agent's career is fondly recalled here by a group of Catskill comics (all played by themselves) sitting around over coffee, focusing mainly... ... Full Article