Crimes and Misdemeanors - 6

This is one of Woody Allen's best films. It is more seamless than some of his other work. He has a gift for introducing great philosophical discussion into his stories. This particular story is less wacky than most of his others, which makes it more believable that the characters are struggling to make sense of life. Their is an interesting dialogue throughout the film about if there is any morality. And if there is: is it in human nature? do we make it up culturally? All of this goes along with and compliments the main story of a man with a dilemma of fidelity. In the end he comes to the conclusion that guilt is merely a state of mind for a time and it passes. Allen has a way of making the audience think twice before accepting this "blindly" (I don't think it is an accident that the main character is an eye doctor). Allen is good at making the dialogue flow so that these deep conversations can happen without it feeling like a stale philosophy class. This film lets the audience decide whether it is a tragedy or a comedy, or maybe both.