A melange of sentimental musical vignettes about the various members of a madcap Manhattan family, who attempt by turns to find romance. Allen returns to his improvisational comic vein, reportedly springing the musical numbers on his nonmusical stars--only Barrymore was dubbed--shortly before production began.
In this film, director Woody Allen mixes song-and-dance with his usual array of neurotic, upscale New Yorkers suffering romantic woes.
While the impending wedding of young lovers Holden and Skylar is the centerpiece of the film, we also get to know various members of Skylar's family -- and their dysfunctional love lives. The characters often express their feelings through
such classic tunes as "Just You, Just Me" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me," making this one of the more unique movies in Allen's oeuvre.
Released theatrically in the USA December 25, 1996.
The film features one of Billy Crudup's first screen appearances.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Distributor Notes: Everyone Says I Love You
Romance meets comedy in Woody Allen's first movie musical, and it's a glorious celebration of love that had audiences laughing and critics cheering. In intertwining stories, Joe's (Woody Allen) attempt to win the heart of Von (Julia Roberts) takes him to scenic Venice and Paris, while his ex-wife, Steffi (Goldie Hawn), and her current husband, Bob (Alan Alda), deal with erupting family matters in their swank but crowded Manhattan apartment. In the meantime, Steffi and Bob's daughter, Skylar (Drew Barrymore), is torn between two boyfriends (Edward Norton and Tim Roth), adding to the complications. But through it all, Allen's dream cast knows the perfect moment to express their emotions with a classic love song or a hilarious production number. Musical comedy has seldom been played with such wit, humor, and sophistication. Get ready to fall in love with love ... and to sing the praises of EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Costume Designer
Jeffrey Kurland: Costumer
Director of Photography
Carlo Di Palma: Italian Director Of Photography/In USA
Featured
Billy Crudup: Actor
Featured
David Ogden Stiers: American actor
Featured
Helen Miles:
Featured
Itzhak Perlman: Violinist
Music Performer
Dick Hyman: Composer/"Moonstruck"
Production Designer
Santo Loquasto: Woody Allen's pd
Choreographer
Graciela Daniele: Choreography
Review 1:
"...It would take a heart of stone to resist this movie....The movie finds a freshness and charm that never ends..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.34 01/17/1997
Review 2:
"...Complex, bold and audacious and simultaneously simple, guileless and sublime..."
Source: Variety
12/02/1996