Later, at the end of McCue's high school career, he would fall in love with Woody all over again.
| The first Woody Allen film that Matthew J. McCue reviewed was Radio Days upon it's release in the mid '80s. At that time, Matthew was working with David Miles, a third grade teacher, and the wife of Matthew's second grade teacher, Kay Kobbe, who was writing articles about what kids thought of the films in current release. McCue fell in love with the film, and even then, if you were to go back and look at the remarks he made after the film, he loved Old New York.
Later, at the end of McCue's high school career, he would fall in love with Woody all over again. | |
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Oddly enough, in 1992, something terrible happened... McCue has been known to sneak food into the movie theater from time to time, but when he goes to the movies with his cousin Noreen, things get out of hand. On the day that Matthew went to see Husbands and Wives in the Mamaroneck Playhouse, Noreen decided they should stop at the McDonald's drive thru on the way. She took Matthew's 2 Cheeseburger Meal (which was a new thing back then) and placed it in her enormous wicker purse along with whatever it was she had ordered. Once the trailers were rolling and the lights began to dim, Noreen began to hand the food over to Matthew--who was petrified. In the weeks that preceeded this viewing, McCue had heard that kids had been thrown out of the theater for having brought Gobstoppers (a wonderful candy) in from the CVS which is connected to the parking lot for the movie theater. All McCue has to say about that is that if you are going to have a pharmacy, or any shop which sells candy, that close to a movie theater, then you have to just let people sneak things in--end of story. But back to those burgers... Matthew was so scared to death that we were going to be caught with this highly incriminating food that he just ate it as fast as humanly possible... and the next thing he knew he was feeling as sick as a dog. With only about ten minutes left in the film (which can be confirmed by later viewings of the film on video) McCue vomitted an entire extra value meal all over the theater. |
This was McCue's sophomore year of high school; he did not watch another Woody Allen film for about a year.
Manhattan is still by far his favorite of the films. Each time he wathces Hannah and Her Sisters--McCue's second favorite Allen film--he begins to wonder whether it is not the best. Sadly, it is not. However, to think that Hannah and Her Sisters is NOT his best film just testifies to what an incredible director he is.
