Yes It Is A Very Funny Movie, But More Importantly It Is Most Likely Woody Allen's Most Important Work ... While My Memories Are Not Made Up Of The "Radio Days" The Message Is Not Lost On Me ... A Message That Our Most Valuable Possessions Are Our Memories, Be They Radio, TV, School, Family Get Together's, Your First Love Etc ... A Wonderful Tribute To The Era Of Radio (Media That Managed To Bring The Country Together, Instead Of Separating It The Way Media Does Today) ... As Always The Story Is Littered With The Most Incredible Characters (A Trade Mark Of His Movies) And Wonderful Stories ... The Cast Is Stella In It's Performances And Woody Allen's Voice Narrating The Story Brings A Genuine Feel To The Movie ... Filled With Laughter, Fun And Some Touching Memories Both Personal And World Wide This Is A Movie Worthy Of Being A National Archive Film ... The Sets Are Magnificent, Even If You Don't Remember Those Days There Is No Doubt In Your Mind That The Set And Costumes Are Authentic ... I Remember Clearly As A Kid Standing In Line For 2 Hours In Front Of Radio City Music Hall, Whining And Complaining About Being Tired And Cold ... Then The Overwhelming Feeling Of Awe As I Stepped Into The Hall For The Very First Time ... Radio Days Is A Brilliant Movie About Days Gone By And Easily (In My Opinion) Woody Allen's Best Work ... Ty For Such A Marvelous Movie

The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: This is a two-tier movie. One layer is a blue collar story of young Joe growing up in NYC starting around 1942: his school life, home life, and time spent with the radio. The upper layer is about the stars of the radio programs. Sally White starts in one layer, as a cigarette girl in the nightclubs, who wants a life more like the stars she serves.Delineation of conflicts: Sally White has a rough start climbing to the top, but she perseveres. Joe's family contends with strange neighbors, the coming of the war, an additional child, the national rationing programs, underemployment, and a single aunt who cannot catch a break in terms of romance.Resolution: Time marches forward. The story threads interact this way and that in dozens of vignettes. This movie is more about nostalgia than about giant climaxes. Sally's long thread comes the closest to having a big payoff circa New Year's 1944.

Slightly Overrated Woody Allen Movie that is not as Funny or Sharply Witted Woodster as some of His others. The Film couldn't Look better and the Soundtrack has Over 40 Songs interspersed among the Nostalgic Narrative. There are some Drop on the Floor Laughs, like the Bill Stern Sports Parody. The rest of the Jokes are Labored at times (the fat uncles fixation on fish) and are Hit and Miss. What Allen Hits Out of the Park is the Period Flavor and, as usual, a Wonderful Cast of Actors.The Short Running Time is a Blessing because if You are not fully Invested in the Time Period, it tends to Run On and On with its Dysfunctional but Loving Family Affairs. But the Film is so Beautiful to Watch that it is Joy for the Eyes with its Warm, Soft Color and Attention to Detail.It's a Woody Allen Movie that by Definition has a Narrow Audience, but Woody does His Best to bring Everyone along on His Trip Down Memory Lane. It's Far from His Best, but a Glorious Picture Nonetheless. That's Genius when a Lesser Effort in a Creator's Canon can be this Good.

Every time I see this film I find myself enjoying it, as it has to do with one the periods in history that is a favorite: the Second World War. I like the movies from the era, and the music, and it is nice to see a film that goes into what life was like for a certain family in Brooklyn and how they handle their many problems and still continue to care and love another. Besides the nostalgic aspects of the film, another thing that I like about it (and I know that others will likely hate me for this) Allen is no where to be found! He is only the narrator, and I have no problem with that, considering that his acting is stupid and awful. It is a good family film, and should be shared in this setting, because it exhibits what we were and what we may become again. Then I see that Seth Rogan is the kid in this, and realize that he should have never been offered the role in Green Hornet (which was a radio show back in the thirties and forties, which is the era that this film is based in) and that movie was a Hollywood turd, but I digress.