Alicia I love this movie so much

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

strike-1995 Do you know what makes me laugh, hugo boss man of today adverts. This is not one of those.

oOoBarracuda It seems like a running line of commentary I'll be giving Woody Allen films through this retrospective project I've embarked on is that I'm constantly fascinated with the creative ways he opens his films. Bananas isn't started with the Woody Allen voice-over I love so dearly, but it does open with a fantastic scene in which the mood is set for the political comedy we are about to see. I don't need to see any further evidence that Woody Allen is the best film-opener of all time anymore, though I'm sure I will see further proof. The 1971 film, stars Allen as a bumbling New Yorker named Fielding Mellish who is dumped by his girlfriend who wants someone as committed to activism as she is. In an attempt to become more of the political type, Allen's character, a products tester by trade, runs off to San Marcos to expand his leadership potential needed to woo back his ex-girlfriend. While in San Marcos, he joins a team of rebels and accidentally becomes president of the nation. During his time as president, Fielding meets his ex-girlfriend who then falls for him unknowing that it is Fielding. Another installment of sharp ping-pong dialogue with a perfect score makes Bananas a rowdy comedic gem from the master, Woody Allen.

moonspinner55 Woody Allen's second film as co-writer/director/star (not including "What's Up, Tiger Lily?") is a grab-bag of lunatic revue sketches, some of them hilarious. Spurned by his activist girlfriend, product-testing schnook in New York City quits his job and heads to a strife-ridden Latin American country to become a part of their revolution. Trenchant political satire must have looked outrageous in 1971, but time has made a few of these gags gruesomely topical and accurate (but no less funny). Targets include man-woman sexual matters (territory Allen was spot-on with right from the start), television commentary (sent up brilliantly), urban violence, Catholicism, psychiatry, assassinations, a Marx Brothers-styled courtroom, Miss America and...J. Edgar Hoover. The pacing seldom flags, but Allen's screenplay (penned with his "Take the Money and Run" partner, Mickey Rose) sags in the middle--perhaps he should have kept the action going in NYC a little longer. Terrific music score from Marvin Hamlisch, adept comedic work from the entire crazy cast (including deadpan Howard Cosell and Roger Grimsby as themselves). ** from ****

Harriet Deltubbo A very fun concept: When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. It's definitely not the thing to see if you're in the mood for something fun and uplifting, or something with tons of thrills and action. The metaphors in this movie are so abundant. The director likes to show certain things: scenes that might not be a part of the story, but add much to the story in general, the way a writer might prelude a chapter by describing something connected to, but not in line with the characters. I was deeply impressed