Reception
The film has grossed over $20 million in North America, making it the 18th highest grossing picture of 1975; based on the reviews of 16 critics, it currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an average score of 8/10. In September 2008, in a poll held by Empire magazine, the film was voted as the 301st greatest film out of a list of 500. At the 25th Berlin International Film Festival in 1975, the film won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.
Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars:
Miss Keaton (Diane Keaton) is very good in Love and Death, perhaps because here she gets to establish and develop a character, instead of just providing a foil, as she's often done in other Allen films ... There are dozens of little moments when their looks have to be exactly right, and they almost always are. There are shadings of comic meaning that could have gotten lost if all we had were the words, and there are whole scenes that play off facial expressions. It's a good movie to watch just for that reason, because it's been done with such care, love and lunacy.
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