A depressed neurotic expatriate (Woody Allen) romances a beautiful
fellow American (Julia Roberts) in Venice with inside information through his daughter
from her psychoanalyst while his ex-wife (Goldie Hawn) and current husband
(Alan Alda) and the rest of their sprawling family frolic in New York City
while falling in and out of love. The usual Allen fare musicalized to old
standards, Everyone Says I Love You
is too unfocused, light, and scattered but often very funny. Highlights include
specters singing during a wake, Goldie and Woody’s elegant number along the
Seine, and the closing Marx Brothers masquerade.
*** out of ****
