A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Allie Gallerani
- Braylin Student
- (as Allison Gallerani)
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- TriviaJoaquin Phoenix gained 33 pounds for the role.
- GoofsIn piano recitals using a grand piano, the piano is placed with the soundboard open towards the audience and the performer on the audience's left, so the music is amplified and directed to the audience. In Jill's recital, the soundboard is open but facing away from the audience and Jill is on the audience's right.
- Crazy creditsWhereas most of Woody Allen's films begin with a musical soundtrack, usually from the thirties or forties, alongside the credits, this one is almost silent, rising in volume until you hear traffic noise. Music is only heard when the credits end and Abe appears onscreen, and then it is much more modern music than usually accompanies Allen's intros.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Flat Earth & Revelation 10: Reach the Oxygen (2016)
- SoundtracksThe 'In' Crowd
Composed by Billy Page
Performed by Ramsey Lewis Trio
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
A Pure Woody Comedy At Top Form
I saw this movie today and it was just a breath of fresh air. In this era of political correctness and the consequent surge of tragicomedies that seem to be made to drive home the point that everything in life must be serious, Woody, in his infinite wisdom, has prescribed us a style of comedy often hated, misunderstood, and forgotten: the murder comedy a la Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux. I haven't laughed this hard at someone trying to kill another person since Preston Sturges's 1948 film Unfaithfully Yours, even though it's ultimately a much more understated English style of humor (very Comedy of Manners-ish.) As such, it doesn't surprise me that Irrational Man has been hated by most critics, since they are likely to fall into the trap of expecting that this movie will be one of the aforementioned tragicomedies, and thus simply think it fails to deliver. Instead, here Woody seems to find comedy in everything from Kant to sexism to suicide to faculty gossip, and as a consequence, the movie ends up as loose as his "early funny movies," unfortunately adding just another layer that might further confuse audiences. Essentially, if you don't find the satire quick you just won't understand what you're watching. On the actor side of things, Stone and Joaquin really kill it. It almost feels like they can turn the intensity up as easily as turning a knob, and there are three moments when you really get a sense of how far they can go.
This will certainly be on a list of Woody's most underrated movies in ten years time if the bad reception it gets doesn't slow down, and I hope that people will take the time to realize just what this movie is because I think they'd really have a good time watching it.
This will certainly be on a list of Woody's most underrated movies in ten years time if the bad reception it gets doesn't slow down, and I hope that people will take the time to realize just what this movie is because I think they'd really have a good time watching it.
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- Untitled Woody Allen Project
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- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,030,360
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $175,312
- Jul 19, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $27,391,084
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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