Another Woman
Another Woman
PG | 13 October 1988 (USA)
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Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.

Reviews
Steineded How sad is this?
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Marcus Andrew Legill I have never seen a film that immediately brought me to an emotional state. I was vested in these characters almost instantly. The story unfolds slowly into what I believe is a very natural and very human tale of life,loss,wins,losses and regrets....almost Dickens' like in its approach with subtle hints of Hitchcock. I think this is Woody Allens best film. Full of melancholy and deep analysis.The soundtrack, a song written by Erik Satie, is the perfect background for what this film is trying to convey. 'Another Woman' could be played over and over again in order to grasp all of the main characters thoughts and feelings. This movie touched me...like no movie I have ever seen before. Excellent. Poignant. Moving. A must watch for any Woody Allen fan. I've been a fan of Gena Rowland's and this was one of her finest performances!
leonblackwood Review: I couldn't really get into this movie. I found it pretty dull and depressing. I know that the main character is supposed to be going through a mid-life crisis, but it seemed very one toned and the storyline was all over the place. I did feel for the main character, whose played by Gena Rowland, because she didn't really feel loved by her husband and she lusted over Gene Hackman, but the film seemed to drag from one scene to the next. I was constantly waiting for something major to happen, especially with the conversations that she hearing through her door with the psychiatrist, but that just led to a dead end. On the plus side, the acting wasn't bad and the variety of characters were well put together, but I think that Woody Allen should have made use of Gene Hackman a bit more. In all, it's a deep drama with some some emotional scenes but it just didn't do it for me. Average! Round-Up: This is yet another project from Woody Allen which is based around troubled relationships and infidelity. It doesn't have any of Allen's typical wit or annoying one liners, which is a plus, but it could have done with a twist or something out of the norm. Judging by the amount of money that this movie lost at the box office, I'm not alone with thinking that this was a disappointing look at a woman questioning the decisions that she had made in her life. I'm glad that Woody Allen didn't choose Mia Farrow as the lead, because it would have been really hard to watch, but it still lacks a certain punch. Anyway, I'm not a big fan of Gena Rowland's movies so I wasn't that disappointed with the outcome. Budget: $10million Worldwide Gross: $1.5millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there Woody Allen movies about a lady whose going through a mid-life crisis and questions her love for her husband. 3/10
JasparLamarCrabb Woody Allen's ghastly drama is so uninvolving the viewer is left stunned at it's utter badness. Gene Rowlands is an academic writing a new book and finds that the studio she's renting allows her to overhear some painful conversations taking place in the psychiatrist's office next door. She soon re-evaluates her own life and realizes that she is not a good person and the people in her orbit hate her. There is snotty husband Ian Holm, underachieving brother Harris Yulin, bitter best friend Sandy Dennis and truth-telling sister-in-law Frances Conroy. Rowlands has so much thrown at her, it's a surprise she doesn't just kill herself. There's not a single sympathetic character in this whole 81 minute angst ridden treadmill test. It's cold, humorless and stodgy. It's a pseudo- intellectuals idea of a Bergman film that fails at every level. Pretentious and then some ---this film has to hold some sort of record for its continuous mention of poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Blech! Gene Hackman, Blythe Danner, Martha Plimpton, Betty Buckley, John Houseman, Philip Bosco, David Ogden Stiers and Mia Farrow contribute absolutely zero with their small roles.
barakpick Woody Allen's most satisfying cinematic achievement, psychologically speaking. A well accomplished woman in her fifties, through a deep and painful process, reaches upon the realization that her entire life has been full of lies and deception, intended on defending herself from true passion and emotion. The film paces through like a slow haunting voyage into her psyche, with each step going deeper, reaching painful truths that Marion (and the audience) cannot block away any further. This goes on until finally she is forced to see her life and choices for what they are. At which point liberation and inner peace become possible. It is really a metaphor for the psychoanalytical process at its best.