 | Rick T. |
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Forget the negative reviews and rent this movie. It is classic Woody Allen and is very funny! And by the way it has nothing to do with the book by the same name other than the title and being based on questions/answers about sex. (and the "answers" are hilarious!!) Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Luke J. |
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
I would agree with the majority of the reviews so far that this is NOT Woody Allen's best work. There are seven sketches, and less than half of them work well. I am a Woody Allen fan, and I like some of his pre-Annie Hall work such as Bananas and Sleeper but Everything You Always... doesn't work as a whole. Dont get me wrong, there are some very funny gags and jokes, my favorite being a giant breast ravaging the country side. I would recommend this film only for hardcore fans of Woody Allen. If you've never seen any Woody Allen, start with something newer such as Match Point and work your way back to such masterpieces as Crimes and Misdemeanors and Manhattan. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Steve G. |
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Gene Wilder and the sheep was the BEST of these movie segments. It was funny...but dumb at the same time. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Raymond O. |
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
This film is brilliant. It's a sophisticated, artistically ambitious, nuanced sketch film along the lines of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?" Woody Allen delivers a love potion to the queen. The potion is all the stereotypes of a potion: a bubbling mixture with cloud of fog coming off it. Woody tells the guards, "I'm bringing the queen her orange juice." "What is Sodomy?" Gene Wilder is wonderful in this part. He plays it so absolutely straight, keeping such tight control over his performance. The nuances when he's falling in love with the sheep are exquisite. "Are transvestites homosexuals?" To avoid being caught in public, the transvestite talks idly with onlookers, without a hint of nervousness in his voice. "What Happens During Ejaculation?" Elaborate props, costumes, and sets, along with people playing things straight, make this a very enjoyable bit. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Ryan F. |
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
I'm not a huge fan of Woody Allen's films, I think most of them are pretty self-indulgent, but this one is not that bad. He is simply a character in this film, and Woody's voice can not always be heard in the sexual satire. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, but I definitely recommend it. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Ronald D. |
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful
I had huge expectations from this film and was a bit disappointed, but only because a couple of the skits just weren't all that funny to me. The others were really good though. Woody does a pretty good job speaking Italian in the third skit. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Keith G. |
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful
While all the early Woody Allen films are funny and worthwhile, this is probably the most uneven to my taste.
Allen took the famous, serious non fiction book, and turned it into a series of short comedy pieces. A couple segments are pure genius (inside the male body during love-making, Gene Wilder falling in love with a sheep), a couple are pretty good (Woody as a medieval court jester trying to have an affair with the queen, who is locked into a chastity belt, a mad scientist creates a giant milk squirting breast that goes on a rampage) and a few are real duds.
Of all the Allen films, this might have the worst DVD print/transfer quality.
Its bizarre and disturbing that a lot of Allen's brilliant early work seems to be going out of print. Hopefully this is just a temporary state of affairs, and better re-releases are ahead. But if you're a fan you might want to grab copies of this, Bananas, Sleeper, Take the Money and Run, etc now, while you can. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Jill J. |
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
This has to be the funniest movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to have great laughs. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Kevin M. |
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
This is a series of short films on the subject of sex. One could call it comedy, but it didn't make me even smile. I turned it off 30 minute shy of the end. And I love Woody Allen films. Rent Manhattan Murder Mystery, instead. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Edward and Candice C. |
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
This may have been cutting edge satire in 1972 but it doesn't hold up well 30+ years later. In fact it's pretty offensive in places and entirely out of context given that the book it's based on was published a long time ago and is now pretty ho-hum stuff. There are some still funny lines but it's not worth the whole movie. Was this review helpful? Yes
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