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Bananas

1971
Comedy
1h 22m
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.
Directed by:
Woody Allen Woody Allen
Written by:
Woody Allen Woody Allen Mickey Rose
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Starring:
Woody Allen Woody Allen Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone Louise Lasser Louise Lasser Allen Garfield Allen Garfield Carlos Montalbán Natividad Abascal Jacobo Morales Miguel Ángel Suárez Miguel Ángel Suárez
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Genre:
Comedy
Country:
USA
Languages:
English, Spanish, Italian, Yiddish
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Bananas

1971
Comedy
1h 22m
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alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 03 Mar 2007
3
38th
Inconsistent, but there are some gut-busters. The whole opening sequence is hilarious. "El Presidente may be coming out. The door opens. It's he... it's El Presidente waving at the crowd. A shot rings out! He turns... he runs back toward the building, trying to get in. This crowd is going wild. He's caught in a crossfire of bullets. And down! It's over! It's all over for El Presidente!"
Rated 03 Mar 2007
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 24 Jan 2007
73
45th
Not one of my favorite Woody movies, but there's some good gags (a lot of which flew over my head when I was younger, like the Battleship Potemkin tribute). There's nothing incredibly wrong with it, just a bunch of little flaws. A little too slapsticky, a little too crass, a little too random, and the acting isn't always that hot.
Rated 24 Jan 2007
kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Apr 2019
40
19th
Most of the film is so unfunny that it's not even funny, but the few scenes that work (e.g., the one in which Woody is dumped) show the promise of what he would go on to be capable of.
Rated 21 Apr 2019
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 04 May 2008
7
68th
First half is pretty funny then it drags but ends nicely. Stallone is in this for about a minute which is hilarious.
Rated 04 May 2008
hellsditchhellsditch
Rated 25 Jun 2010
77
45th
I'm always surprised at how well Allen's nebbish on-screen persona and psychologically-based brand of comedy holds up almost 40 years after his early films were first released. Bananas doesn't always hit with its jokes -- and there are many, many jokes to be found here -- but it's so breezy (1 hr 20 min), scatter-shot and unafraid to pack in a joke or gag seemingly every 30 seconds, that it's easy to forgive the misfires. Not on par with his late 70s stuff, obviously, but still a fun 80 minutes.
Rated 25 Jun 2010
rufamRufam
Rated 13 May 2011
65
42nd
Obviously one of Woody's lesser films, "Bananas" is nevertheless a smart and enjoyable little comedy. Although it does lack the "pith" of Allen's subsequent masterworks, most of the verbal comedy is succesful, although there is an excess of often unfunny slapstick. There are certainly hints to Woody's brilliance (such as Miss America's hysterical intervension during a trial) and although the comedy is never consistently hilarious, this remains fun and entertaining.
Rated 13 May 2011
hotsakehotsake
Rated 25 Jun 2012
50
34th
It's not that funny even tho there is still fun to be had. A little too manic without enough visual gags to make it work plus the good gags run too long.
Rated 25 Jun 2012
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 09 Apr 2018
10
0th
What the fuck! This is supposed to be funny, how this is rated 7.1 on imdb I'll never understand, and people rag on Sandler movies. hmmm
Rated 09 Apr 2018
offlineozofflineoz
Rated 13 Jun 2020
55
38th
UQFR #131: Bananas' is bookended by great gags featuring Howard Cosell but the rest is filled with random scattershot gags and slapstick comedy. The writing is raw as there are some great lines in there but ultimately it's forgettable considering his later works.
Rated 13 Jun 2020
shmendrekShmendrek
Rated 09 Jul 2007
3
61st
Silly slapstick from Woody Allen. Pretty unremarkable but still worth watching.
Rated 09 Jul 2007
shewasSheWas
Rated 30 Jul 2011
39
35th
Sorry, not even my good intentions towards this film could make it anything close to Woody's great comedys. (But still better than any Adam Sandler movie...)
Rated 30 Jul 2011
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 02 Jan 2017
62
58th
Scattershot slapstick nonsense. When it hits the mark it's very smart. When it doesn't the scenes would fit any lousy spoof.
Rated 02 Jan 2017
tracytracy
Rated 12 May 2023
7
70th
Consistently brings the laugh, although the opening Howard Cosell bit and Woody on the bike in the first 10 minutes do stand out as significantly funnier than the rest of the movie. Obviously everyone knows by now that Stallone is in this, but real heads are the ones who recognize Mary Jo Catlett in the hotel lobby at the end
Rated 12 May 2023
stuie299stuie299
Rated 28 Mar 2023
85
76th
I wish it was more fleshed out, but the comedy for the most part is so well done I don't even really care. The bits with Howard Cosell are absolutely fantastic. Like I said the screenplay could have used one more pass, but the end result is still very very good.
Rated 28 Mar 2023
filmfreak88filmfreak88
Rated 19 Apr 2014
40
15th
I'm just not a fan of slapstick comedy. And although Bananas occasionally works as a political satire, the rest of this early Allen film is an unfunny, incoherent, and crude mess.
Rated 19 Apr 2014
sebbysebby
Rated 02 Dec 2011
60
46th
The jokes are generally just plain goofy and there isn't anything too memorable except the Cosell assassination sequence.
Rated 02 Dec 2011
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 05 Nov 2010
80
37th
Not the best of the early funny ones, but there are some great moments. "I'm doing a sociological study on perversion. I'm up to Advanced Child Molesting."
Rated 05 Nov 2010
ladybugLadyBug
Rated 15 Oct 2008
75
41st
classic
Rated 15 Oct 2008
petrostserPetrosTser
Rated 05 Oct 2013
80
88th
A side-splitting effort made all the greater by the fact it's unlike any of Woody's more well-known films.
Rated 05 Oct 2013
scurryscurry
Rated 22 Mar 2008
50
55th
I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it. Pretty silly in all.
Rated 22 Mar 2008
absteeleabsteele
Rated 14 Oct 2016
40
6th
I believe this is the only Woody Allen movie I couldn't bring myself to finish. The bit with the Wide World of Sports covering the assassination is pretty great, though.
Rated 14 Oct 2016
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 07 Jan 2009
72
41st
Seemed to move at an unnatural pace, with slapstick comedy that was for the most part out of place. Woody Allen doesn't give his best, too bad he hadn't found his element yet. Some of the jokes were funny but the vast majority were wasted wackiness.
Rated 07 Jan 2009
ocelotOcelot
Rated 10 Nov 2014
50
40th
I never expected Woody Allen to have made a proto-Porky's. Some funny moments, but often juvenile with excessive slapstick.
Rated 10 Nov 2014
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 26 Jan 2010
84
60th
Funny early Allen. No depth here, but who cares?
Rated 26 Jan 2010
alon_reterAlon Reter
Rated 30 Aug 2011
50
33rd
Well, Woody Allen is cute no matter what. And I liked the pseudo intellectual girl.
Rated 30 Aug 2011
derekstarDerekstar
Rated 24 Oct 2009
20
6th
It's just a bunch of not-so-funny skits tied together with a threadbare, uninteresting story. At times I was embarrassed *for* the movie. It's not good.
Rated 24 Oct 2009
ceekay19Ceekay19
Rated 17 Jan 2019
50
10th
Miss America: "I think Mr. Mellish is a traitor to this country because his views are different from the views of the President and others of his kind. Differences of opinion should be tolerated, but not when they're too different. Then he becomes a subversive mother."
Rated 17 Jan 2019
svicciarellisvicciarelli
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
68th
Slapstick early Woody Allen. Has some huge laughs.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
notitlenotitle
Rated 28 Aug 2008
69
36th
The film has some funny moments but you recognize that Allen was not yet ripe
Rated 28 Aug 2008
djrossdjross
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
84th
Another early, funny one.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 15 Jun 2012
87
63rd
Welp
Rated 15 Jun 2012
stainStain
Rated 02 Jun 2007
100
95th
Absolutely hilarious political satire. It's a satire of a lot of other things, too. God bless Woody Allen
Rated 02 Jun 2007
seryxaSeryxa
Rated 10 Apr 2009
25
43rd
Disjointed anarchic comedy with a few good jokes typical of their author.
Rated 10 Apr 2009
jeffvjeff_v
Rated 28 Feb 2010
64
35th
Bananas has brilliant bookends with Howard Cosell, and a some funny one-liners in-between, but for the most part I would call it the Hot Shots! of its day. Lots of gags, many of which fall flat, thanks to terrible timing. There were many instances where I expected to hear a rimshot (for example, every line in the psychiatrist scene).
Rated 28 Feb 2010
gokhanincegokhanince
Rated 09 May 2009
72
47th
Now, here is the BEST definition of love: "I want you in a way of cherishing your totality and your otherness and in the sense of a presence and a being and a whole coming and going in a room with grapefruit and a love of a thing, of nature and a sense of not wanting or being jealous of the thing a person possesses."
Rated 09 May 2009
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 22 Aug 2021
62
31st
Bananas came out half a century ago and its low production values, dated references & overall pace make its age noticeable. Woody Allen does his usual schtick of trying to make a clever point, then bumbling into some slapstick, before getting distracted or bored and finishing the film with some inane jokes. The slapstick is pretty good, but the setup to the gags are often funnier than the punchline. I probably would have enjoyed the film more had I not found Allen's voice increasingly annoying.
Rated 22 Aug 2021
stripyStripy
Rated 28 Dec 2018
89
88th
It's a collage of silent film comedy, a bit of social commentary and absurd everyday situations that make me think of Monty Python and Larry David. It is unpolished and is changing styles rapidly, but it didn't really bother me, I really was entertained watching it.
Rated 28 Dec 2018
uksubsUKSubs
Rated 14 Jun 2021
54
47th
A great idea that doesn't quite pan out, but I'll always have a soft spot for the deli order scene.
Rated 14 Jun 2021
lupisterlupister
Rated 06 May 2020
58
63rd
Starts out pretty fun and silly, but loses itself towards the middle.
Rated 06 May 2020
glm01glm01
Rated 22 Oct 2013
79
61st
79.000
Rated 22 Oct 2013
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 24 May 2017
55
28th
Probably my least favorite of Woody Allen's pure comedy movies. I think I would have loved it if it had been a short movie with only the premise along with the gags that really worked.
Rated 24 May 2017
andreasthauAndreasThau
Rated 03 Mar 2011
60
42nd
One of the earlier Allen films. It can tempt with the deft comedy scriptwriting that undoubtedly already peaked in 'Play it again, Sam'. Another fresh element is the still unpolished Allen himself, stunting through one scene after the other, self-sarcastically portraying his body and mind as too low, too immature and far from pretty. Also, it can tempt with Sylvester Stallone (it gets better: he has no lines), and a hilarious start scene. But, some fun political comments aside, that's about it.
Rated 03 Mar 2011
ytadelYtadel
Rated 15 Nov 2022
6
70th
With MGM / United Artists money behind it this looks far more like a “real” movie than Woody Allen’s previous work. Some pretty funny parts, some dumb parts, but the manic / absurd energy of it all carries it all along well enough. Best bit when he orders lunch for 2000 rebels. Young Stallone cameo. The “Execusisor” bit was a spoof at the time but really just predicted walking / treadmill desks like forty years early.
Rated 15 Nov 2022
ehk2ehk2
Rated 24 Nov 2011
56
74th
freedom is wonderful. on the other hand, if you're dead, it's a tremendous drawback to your sex life!
Rated 24 Nov 2011
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 10 Oct 2014
3
45th
Loses a lot of steam in the second half, but nevertheless plenty of fun.
Rated 10 Oct 2014
frederFreder
Rated 08 Dec 2009
50
36th
Seems really dated today and hasn't aged all that well, though it still contains some good laughs, and a healthy dose of the Allen screen persona in its most nascent form.
Rated 08 Dec 2009
tangooooooTangoooooo
Rated 17 Apr 2011
70
36th
It was alright, a few laugh out loud moments. I suspect i would have found this funnier if i saw it in the 70's
Rated 17 Apr 2011
thomasd_iithomas_d
Rated 12 Aug 2017
4
15th
First time in awhile I couldn't even bother to finish a movie. Aggressively unfunny and annoying.
Rated 12 Aug 2017
schwabeschwabe
Rated 27 May 2015
35
2nd
there are only very few woody allen movies i like, most of them i think are stupid. i guess they are mainstream funny, what is not funny to me. not once i had the urge to smile, was just hoping the poor idiot get killed or could go back home so the movie is over!
Rated 27 May 2015
sveneriksvenerik
Rated 22 Oct 2009
80
65th
Why is this so laugh out loud funny? One forgets that Allen used to be a slapstick master.
Rated 22 Oct 2009
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 25 Feb 2007
75
54th
Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971) estreava em New York há 50 anos. Vou chutar que esse filme nunca estreou no Brasil nos anos 70. Rá! Que bom que o revi, não lembrava quase nada dele, mas é uma comédia bem sólida, com grande potência satírica, mas ainda acho a sequência de abertura a melhor coisa do filme. HDTVRip no MakingOff.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
chemical404chemical404
Rated 19 Jun 2009
34
16th
Stunningly unfunny and dumb, considering it is written/directed by the same person who only six years later created one of the most intelligent romantic comedies ever. There are glimpses of real Allen that everyone loves and wants to see, but his screen persona is so rough and immature. Humor comes from absurdity, but story is forced down and far from gracious surrealism of much compared to this film classic "Duck Soup". This film proves interesting only as a checkpoint on the road to maturity.
Rated 19 Jun 2009
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 14 Dec 2010
65
36th
Whoa... was that Rocky?
Rated 14 Dec 2010
duaneneitzelDuaneNeitzel
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
67th
I love early Woody Allen. Woody joins the rebels of San Marcos to impress a girls (Lasser). He become leader of the country and impresses his girl. The snake bite first aid scene is a movie classic.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
pompousasspompousass
Rated 17 Mar 2009
40
71st
Allen's movie humor tends to be not very visual, nor even very verbal, but very conceptual ("Wouldn't it be a scream if....?"). He must be terrific at the coffee table. To this point, he has not been the happiest director of his own material, but this giddy mix of Latin American revolution, the Jewish Defense League, J. Edgar Hoover, Tennessee Williams, Howard Cosell, etc., is frequently funny despite Allen's absent-minded plotting and directing.
Rated 17 Mar 2009
caimancaiman
Rated 02 Mar 2011
68
32nd
It's neat to watch Woody in his earlier, goofier days, but this film just isn't very funny. And without the comedy there isn't a whole lot left to like about it. It's interesting to consider this was merely six years before he made the great Annie Hall.
Rated 02 Mar 2011
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 11 Sep 2009
67
71st
Good Movie
Rated 11 Sep 2009
doyler29doyler29
Rated 12 Sep 2023
60
23rd
This is my least favourite of Woody Allen's early comedies. It's not that it lacks funny moments, but it lacks enough of them to justify a whole film. The funniest thing about this film isn't in it. When asked why it was called "Bananas", Allen replied "Because there are no bananas in it."
Rated 12 Sep 2023
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 03 Mar 2007
68
70th
Allen's early stuff is a bit vulgar which puts me off just a little bit, but still, it all has such a classic quality and some of it's really funny.
Rated 03 Mar 2007
dean_franzDean Franz
Rated 21 Jun 2008
17
17th
Roaringly unfunny Allen-comedy. The worst of his early "funny" films.
Rated 21 Jun 2008
edwardedward
Rated 21 Feb 2018
80
63rd
One of Woody's better early films before he got carried away with NYC. I tend to like this more with every viewing.
Rated 21 Feb 2018
roofsrunnerroofs_runner
Rated 05 Jun 2011
84
70th
Absolutely delightful movie. This is not yet a time Woody would hit his fans with his greatest hits but it gives you a clear image how Allen was moving to where he is now. Stallone cameo is a pure fun.
Rated 05 Jun 2011
nevejasnevejas
Rated 12 Apr 2018
65
51st
Bananas is as random as random bananas can be. Because of its erratic ways the process starts to bore real quick, life itself is random enough, it is not why people watch movies, right? The patchwork of different short sketches suffers from some very shallow water illness and it quickly spreads to the viewer giving him all the 'I don't give a crap anymore' and 'I have surely heard this somewhere' conditions. It has to be watched only if one watching it is high. Seven thumbs down. Wait.. what?
Rated 12 Apr 2018
homunculushomunculus
Rated 15 Jun 2009
4
81st
It's great in the beginning and other parts but iffy and slower at the end. Wonderful though. This is, I think, the first of the Woody Allen we see in his best films Annie Hall and Manhattan. Also, it was damn funny anyway.
Rated 15 Jun 2009
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 15 Nov 2012
65
26th
A weaker entry in the Woody Allen filmography, due largely to its lengthy digressions into slapstick, an art form that allen has a hard time conveying with any grace.
Rated 15 Nov 2012
beejBeej
Rated 14 Sep 2010
65
31st
This in the end seems like a bit of an incidental work- it lacks the beauty and pathos of Allen's late 70s comedies and personally I didn't find it as sharply and rapidly hilarious as later parodies like Sleeper or Love and Death. Still has some really funny moments though.
Rated 14 Sep 2010
dustydDustyd
Rated 15 Sep 2007
60
39th
Starts out funny, but like many Allen films, loses steam towards the end.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
matthagenmatthagen
Rated 29 May 2020
43
25th
Uneven, random slapstick, but laughs to be had. Smart and dumb at the same time, can't say that too often.
Rated 29 May 2020

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