A light-as-air period comedy, this ranks as one Woody Allen's best films. The story follows a hack 1920s playwright (John Cusack) who uses a mobster to finance his newest play. When the gangster's bodyguard (Chazz Palminteri) starts rewriting the play to make it more believable, he shows more talent than Cusack.
Dianne Wiest steals the show as a haughty actress.
"Yes, but that's because you're a genius. And the proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent. Means you're a genius."