Movie · Romance · Comedy

Mia Farrow plays a lonely Depression-era waitress trapped in an unhappy marriage. She escapes her drab life by going to the movies over and over again. Suddenly, one day, her movie heartthrob steps off the screen and into her life -- literally! A bittersweet cinema fantasy.

1985 · 1h 22m
Director Woody Allen

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Mia Farrow plays a lonely Depression-era waitress trapped in an unhappy marriage. She escapes her drab life by going to the movies over and over again. Suddenly, one day, her movie heartthrob steps off the screen and into her life -- literally! A bittersweet cinema fantasy.

COMMON SENSE

Whimsical Woody Allen love note to '30s films.

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Average 8
Reviews 41
Fresh 38
Rotten 3

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Studio
MGM
Released
1985
Run Time
1 hr 22 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1985 ORION PICTURES CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Spain)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.