It's become unfashionable to express fondness for vintage Woody Allen films, but think back to how pleasurable they could be before all the off-camera baggage muddied those memories and you have some idea of the warmly satisfying experience of On the Rocks.
Distinguished from those predecessors by its wry female point of view, Sofia Coppola's smart, breezy comedy about a marriage that may be in trouble and a meddling father who steps in to save or destroy it stars Bill Murray in peerless deadpan form, bouncing off a superb foil in Rashida Jones.
Oh, it's also a sparkling ode to the Manhattan we all miss. Following its New York Film Festival premiere, the A24 release goes out Oct.
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