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New York, I Love You Review

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1.5

Dave White Profile

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  • 3.0
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  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety

    The results are, well, formulaic, hobbled by weak dialogue and absent any sense of texture.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    The pieces of New York, I Love You make up a parallel city that no one would want to live in, much less visit.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    What's remarkable here is the consistency of the mediocrity.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

    Where "Paris" was the ingnue, fresh-faced and surprising, "New York" needed to come in with the confidence of a more practiced hand, and it never quite manages that. Better to think of it as a day trip rather than an actual film, just a brief, mostly delightful excursion into the city.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    If you're not a stickler for consistency, this is an effective pastiche and tribute to one of the world's most enticing cities.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    Most of these linked "shorts" succeed remarkably in nailing the serendipitous flavor of love, New York-style.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    These tales are as highly designed as fashion layouts. But they're as relaxing to thumb through as those NYT Magazine trend pieces.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Look at the cast and credits to form an idea of the directors and actors at work here. By its nature, New York, I Love You can't add up. It remains the sum of its parts. If one isn't working for you, wait a few minutes, here comes another one. New Yorkers, I love you.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 16+

Sometimes-edgy shorts collection captures Big Apple’s verve.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this collection of shorts about living in New York City -- whose large ensemble cast includes Shia LaBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively, and many more -- runs the gamut from sweet to seductive to sexually (at least verbally) explicit. It makes for entertaining but unpredictable viewing, especially since many of the vignettes include swearing ("s--t," "f--k," etc.), smoking, and drinking (though not all do). Given the movie's mature themes and complex structure, it will likely appeal more to adults than teens and younger kids.

  • Families can talk about what the film is trying to say about New York. Are the vignettes' take on the city surprising? Interesting?
  • The characters connect on many different levels, but do any of them seem realistic and/or believable?

The good stuff
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    Messages: The movie presents New York City as a place for both connections and disconnections. Although it has a reputation as a cold and forbidding place, Manhattan is portrayed as actually quite warm and embracing -- if you catch it in the right mood. The movie has a complex take on issues like relationships and love.

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    Role models: The wide range of characters runs a large gamut of behavior. You'll find "good" girls and "bad" guys (a pickpocket, for one), "good" guys and "bad" girls (a prostitute, for example), and everything in between.

What to watch for
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    Violence: A man jumps out of a window; his body is briefly shown lying bloody on the street below. Another man roughs up a pickpocket. People yell at each other.

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    Sex: A stranger approaches a woman and tells her in fairly graphic detail what he’d do to her if she went home with him. Other scenes show a man and a woman separately reliving their hook-up; there are brief flashes of nudity, but nothing too graphic. Teens have sex in Central Park (no nudity, but the act is clearly suggested -- for example, the girl asks the boy to remove her underwear).

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    Language: Some use of words like “s--t,” “whore,” and “f--k.”

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    Consumerism: iPhone logo, Apple laptop.

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    Drinking, drugs and smoking: A fair amount of smoking in some vignettes; social drinking.

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5

Really have to understand the City.... by thisdreamergirl
The 2nd installment of the shorts, having Paris Je'Taime being the debut.. New York I love you definitely hits home.. I have never been to Paris (yet) so I didn't quite understand what they were trying to convey.. I enjoyed it but didn't quite "get" it... NY I love you, on the other hand.. I 100% felt from the minute the movie started. I think you really have to understand (or have visited) the city before you really enjoy these City Driven Movies. DEFINITELY the cinematography is worth watching alone.. but to really get the storylines.. I think a visit is definitely a must.

3

This Movie makes NYC look like a Hollywood Fashion SHow by Vidal_Benbasat
New York, I Love , which looked like a NYU senior film project, did have very funny parts. However many of the scenes dragged on a bit, and it seemed as if the people behind the film got too caught up with their work and made the movie seem like seperate art/fashion scenes out of indie student film. For example, There is a scene Natalie Portman, who plays a Hassidic jew who is about to get married. Just after about 3 minutes of talking bsuiness with an Indian man, she reflects on her life as you see tears running down her cheaks because she is upset abou cutting her hair for religiious reasons. (At least I think that is the reasonI wouldn't be surpised if the movie meant for it to be love at first sight haha) Anyways, that's one example. What upset me the most about this film was the awful portrayal of New York City. In my oponionn, Woody Allen and Spike Lee are the only people in Hollyiwood that can accurately portray NYC>

1

Horrible by JohnVP
One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Je t'aime Paris was one of the best; according to the credits, this is now a "franchise" and the next movie will be "I love you Shanghai." Also in the credits were the names of the thirty or so lawyers (!) who were instrumental in the making of the movie. It was formulaic, precious, and pretentious. I grew up in New York and my wife lived there for 25 years; this movie was a waste of our time.

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