by Paul Brenner
synopsis
Woody Allen's gentle and nostalgic tribute to the glory days of radio and coming-of-age during World War II plays like Fellini's Amarcord filtered through Neil Simon. The nominal star is Seth Green as Joe, a teenage Jewish boy, growing up with a house full of relatives in Brooklyn. Allen cuts between Joe's working class neighborhood of Rockaway Beach, Queens, and the glittery and glamorous world of radio in Manhattan.
characteristics
- Radio
- Memory Lane
- Childhood
- Family
- Coming-of-age
- Nostalgia
- Parenthood
- Life On The Homefront
- Eccentric Families
