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.

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.

Good Movie

Funny early Allen. No depth here, but who cares?

Why is this so laugh out loud funny? One forgets that Allen used to be a slapstick master.

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.

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.

Well, Woody Allen is cute no matter what. And I liked the pseudo intellectual girl.

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.