This is easily Woody's funniest since 'Bullets over Broadway' (1994), and his warmest film since then, as well. It's also his best film since at least 'Sweet and Lowdown' (1999), with excellent performances from Woody (who's frankly been coasting in many of his recent films) as well as Tea Leoni and Mark Rydell as his agent Al. It could have done with some more biting stuff about Hollywood, and it runs too long by about 20 minutes, but it's a lot of fun and well worth seeing. I'm looking forward now to 'Anything Else', which I still haven't seen. Hopefully, this signals an upturn in the quality of Woody's films. I was getting very nervous there for a while with crap like 'Small Time Crooks' and 'Curse of the Jade Scorpion'.
Review of Hollywood Ending
