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''Everyone Says I Love You'' is a 1996 musical comedy written and directed by [[Woody Allen]] and starring a large [[Ensemble Cast]].
Like a lot of Woody Allen movies, the film is set in [[Big Applesauce|New York]] and features [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]. This particular film distinguishes itself by having the characters randomly break into song. The musical numbers, and the entire tone of the film are a [[Shout
* DJ Berlin - [[The Narrator]] of the film, daughter of Joe and Steffie.
* Joe Berlin - Father of DJ, ex-husband of Steffie. Also a [[Author Avatar|neurotic, insecure writer]].
* Steffie Dandridge - Mother of DJ, Lane and Laura; ex-wife of Joe, wife of Bob. A philanthropist.
* Bob Dandridge - Father of Schuyler, Scott, Lane and Laura; husband of Steffie. A lawyer.
* Scott Dandridge - Bob's son from his first marriage; considered the [[Black Sheep]] of the family for his conservative beliefs.
* Schuyler Dandridge - Bob's daughter from his first marriage. Dating Holden.
* Lane and Laura Dandridge - Bob and Steffie's daughters. Sometimes creep into [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]] territory.
* Holden Spence - Schuyler's boyfriend/fiance, a lawyer who works for Bob.
* Von Sidell - A woman whose therapy sessions DJ listens in to (the therapist is the mother of one of Lane and Laura's friends) and decides would be a perfect match for her father.
* Charles Ferry - a recently-released criminal
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Schuyler dumps Holden to hook up with Charles.
* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Joe and Steffie.▼
▲* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Joe and Steffie
* [[Arc Words]]: The song "I'm Thru With Love" is repeated by every character, leading up to the climactic dance between Steffie and Joe by the Seine. Ends up being a [[Brick Joke]] when DJ's umpteenth love interest ''gangsta raps it on stage''.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Writer/director [[Woody Allen]] as Joe.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Von breaks up with Joe because he's ''too'' perfect for her, not knowing that Joe was privvy to all of her deepest secrets and desires.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: As [[The Narrator]], DJ does this often.
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** When Bob starts singing "I'm Thru With Love" when Schuyler reveals she dumped Holden, Steffie quizzically asks, "What are ''you'' singing about? You're not in love with Holden!"
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Averted mostly, as the only members of the main cast with musical experience were Alan Alda and Goldie Hawn. [[Woody Allen]] had to instruct Hawn and [[Edward Norton]] to sound worse when they sang, not wanting the main cast to sound like professional singers.
** Applies to the dancing in the film too- while the dancers in the 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' scene dance like professionals, [[Edward Norton]]'s dancing is deliberately clumsy and awkward in comparison.
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* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Lane and Laura compete for the attentions of the same boy.
* [[Happily Divorced]]: Joe and Steffie, though they're still in love.
* [[Happily Married]]: Bob and Steffie.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Holden's melancholy rendition of 'I'm Thru With Love' after Schuyler leaves him being swiftly followed by a rapper performing at a concert DJ's attending.
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* [[Jerkass]]: After hooking up with Schuyler, Charles proceeds to dump her in a forest in upstate New York in the midst of a planned robbery heist. Understandably, Schuyler [[First Girl Wins|goes back to Holden and says 'yes' when he proposes to her again]].
* [[Kavorka Man]]: [[Woody Allen|Joe]].
* [[The Matchmaker]]: DJ goes to great lengths to fix her father up with Von, giving him advice (courtesy of listening in on Von's therapy sessions) and encouragement.
* [[May
* [[Nice Guy]]: Holden, portrayed by [[Edward Norton]] [[Playing Against Type]].
* [[Nuclear Family]]: The Dandridges are a blended version of this.
* [[Runaway Fiance]]: Subverted- Schuyler leaves Holden for [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Charles Ferry]] but then has a change of heart and decides to return to Holden.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The film was shot in [[New York City]], [[Paris]], and [[Venice]].
* [[Shout
** The title of the film is a nod to another film starring [[The Marx Brothers]], ''[[
** DJ's perfect man? [[Brick Joke|Harpo]].
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Implied by DJ at the end that the entire movie is a musical. She states she was told that if it were made into a movie, no one would believe the incredible coincidences unless it was a musical.
* [[Spontaneous Choreography]]: Everywhere in this film!
* [[Stalker
* [[Strawman Political]]: Scott Dandridge is the conservative version of this,
** Steffie's "limousine liberalism" is also very much a political stereotype. Lampshaded when she says to Schuyler that Charles Ferry is fine to treat as just a "social project" but not as an ''actual human being''.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Frieda, Grandpa's nurse, is ''heavily'' implied to have worked under [[Adolf Hitler]].
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'''Frieda:''' It's ''Bavarian'' pasta, it doesn't need sauce. The Italians need sauce. The Italians were weak!
* [[Title Drop]]: "Everyone Says I Love You" is the final song of the film.
* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Both times Holden proposes to Schuyler, and both manage to [[Go Horribly Wrong]].
** For the first proposal, Holden hides the ring in Schuyler's dessert, and she ends up swallowing it.
** The second involves him hiding it in a box of candy with virtually the same results.
* [[With This Ring]]: Of the 'hide it in a dessert at a romantic dinner' variety. See [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]] above.
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