# Manhattan (1979)

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**Runtime**: 96 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Woody Allen
**Written by**: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
**Starring**: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Anne Byrne Hoffman

> *Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A black-and-white love letter to New York pretends it’s about something else entirely. A middle-aged writer splits his attention between a high school girlfriend and her close friend. The city itself ends up the real mistress.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, neon-soaked, outsider

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.8/10 (153547 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 93% · Metacritic 83/100

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