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Cast

Gena Rowlands
as Marion Post

Mia Farrow
as Hope

Gene Hackman
as Larry Lewis

Ian Holm
as Dr. Ken Post

Blythe Danner
as Lydia

Betty Buckley
as Kathy

Martha Plimpton
as Laura Post

John Houseman
as Marion's Dad

Sandy Dennis
as Claire

David Ogden Stiers
as Young Marion's Dad

Philip Bosco
as Sam

Harris Yulin
as Paul

Frances Conroy
as Lynn

Kenneth Welsh
as Donald

Bruce Jay Friedman
as Mark

Bernie Leighton
as Piano Player

Michael Kirby
as Psychiatrist

Jack Gelber
as Birthday Party Guest

Dana Ivey
as Engagement Party Guest

Fred Melamed
as Engagement Party Guest/Patient's Voice

Alice Spivak
as Engagement Party Guest

Heather Sullivan
as Little Marion

Stephen Mailer
as Young Paul

Josh Hamilton
as Laura's Boyfriend

Kathryn Grody
as Cynthia Franks

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Critic Reviews for Another Woman

Audience Reviews for Another Woman

• Nov 29, 2012

  Not a film for everyone, but one that's well written and affecting, with some good performances on show.
  Sophie B Super Reviewer
• Aug 06, 2012

  "Another Woman" has a very intriguing premise that drew me right in, but being as it is basically Woody Allen's way of paying respects to some of his favorite film makers, his execution consists of a lot of borrowed elements that eventually grow tiresome. There is still good to be had though. Gena Rowlands' understated performance is so subtle that you don't notice how powerful it actually is until the very end. As well, there are some scenes of dramatic exchange that are honest and beautifully realized. Really, the best way that I can think of describing "Another Woman" is that it's stellar in some parts, uninteresting in others, but always involving and well-acted.
  Stephen E Super Reviewer
• Nov 05, 2011

  It's no secret that Woody Allen idolized Bergman (which shouldn't come as much of a shock, since lots of people, myself included, share the same sentiment). He has tried, with mixed results, to make a true homage to the legend with Interiors and September, but with Another Woman, he finally made a film that not only hits the examining, existential notes that Bergman hit routinely, but one that remarkably feels like a Woody Allen film in terms of its incredibly astute screenplay and beautiful staging. Some have called Another Woman a Wild Strawberries remake, but I would argue that it isn't a remake as much as it is a reimagining, or more to the point, a "repurposing" of the Bergman classic. It is a story of a university professor, played SPECTACULARLY by Gena Rowlands, in whom something stirs when she overhears a therapy session with a young 30-something woman who is discontent with her life. The professor, Marion, feels an emptiness rise inside her -- an emptiness that had settled there years before, that she can consciously feel now. Little by little, like in Interiors but better plotted in Wild Strawberries, the world she has constructed for herself, a cold, cerebral world, deconstructs. Marion despairs, enters into conflicts with herself, and questions endlessly trying to reason her way out of her malaise. But the cure for her malaise is not rational resolution and she, realizing that her strongest characteristic (namely her rational intelligence) is not enough to untangle what worries her, finds herself entirely helpless in the face of an unraveling existence. Her drama is very much like the drama of Professor Isak Borg from Bergman's film, a man on his way to receive a medal for his lifetime achievements. And, on the road, he also succumbs to the same malaise as Marion, the same questioning and the same painful re-evaluation. The horror shared by both Marion and Professor Borg, of course, is that despite their highly lauded accomplishments and their intellectual self-satisfaction, they feel a void. There must, in other words, be something else to life than strictly intellectual work, however satisfying it may be. Another Woman is a testament to the fact that Woody Allen was still at the top of his game in the late 80s. It is a brilliant, honest and perceptive film. It makes one wonder how different Bergman's films would have been if he didn't dismiss the visual sophistication that Allen spent most of his early career developing. In addressing the criticism of Another Woman, sure, a few beats feel contrived and forceful, but considering the heavy questions being posed, and the unrelenting commitment that Allen has to the material, this film had plenty of opportunities to fall flat on its face, and to its credit, it never does. In fact, it excels thanks to a fantastic script, brilliant performances, and a wise small dose of visual styling. This is Woody Allen at the height of his powers.
  Jonathan H Super Reviewer
• Aug 18, 2011

  Marion: I wondered if a memory is something you have or something you've lost.  Another Woman is my least liked film from Woody Allen that I have seen. I found nothing to take away from it. It felt very much like a Woody Allen movie; just not as good of one. It had aspects that could make a great movie and already had. The plot borrows from Bergman's Wild Strawberries. The movie is extremely short and by the end it feels likes it feels never got going. From Allen, this just doesn't seem right. It feels like he had no great ideas that and year, but since he has to put a movie out annually, he just threw one together. I'm sure that's not accurate. I'm sure Allen probably liked what he had here and worked hard at making a great film out of it.  I'm still a big fan of Allen's work for the most part and that's probably why I'm disappointed with Another Woman. The cast is there and is pretty good. Allen's normal subject matter is there. But the movie never seems to be entirely there. It's like something was lost. Oh well, I guess I will just have to watch Hannah and Her Sister again to renew my faith in watching another Woody Allen movie.
  Melvin W Super Reviewer

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