Husbands and Wives

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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Rating: R

Running Time: 107 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack, Lysette Anthony, Nick Metropolis, Cristi Conaway, Timothy Jerome

director: Woody Allen

Story about a married professor who falls in love with one of his students.

December 8, 2000

On the battlefield of broken relationships that is Husbands and Wives, Woody Allen is bracingly out of control. Carlo Di-Palma's restless camera and Susan E. Morse's whiplash editing often create a dizzying blur just to keep pace with the sexual salvos. Allen has never crafted anything as fiercely funny as this comedy of coming apart; it's a groundbreaking film, full of sublime performances alert to the violence done in the name of love. The question now is, will anyone notice?

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