Sidewalks of New York (2001 film)

Sidewalks of New York ( Sidewalks of New York) is an American comedy film from the year 2001. Directed by Edward Burns, who also wrote the screenplay, the film co-produced and one of the major roles took over.

Action

The Queens grown Thomas Reilly moved to Manhattan, where he established and working as a television producer. His girlfriend does one day end and throws him out of their flat. Reilly agrees to meet other women and learn the divorced teacher Maria Tedesco know.

The real estate agent Annie Matthews is married to Griffin Ritso who is cheating with 19 -year-old waitress Ashley. Matthews becomes suspicious and makes friends with Reilly. Meanwhile, Ashley harassed her lover, that this builds a real relationship without hiding games. She learns the musician Benjamin Bazler know who works as a doorman at a hotel. Bazler was formerly married to Mary Tedesco and bestalkt them.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, some people might consider the film as a " cognitive insight " into the lives of six New Yorkers, other "nor a boring ego trip " see him as. The truth lies somewhere in between. The dialogues have a "natural, unforced rhythms ". Berardinelli was happy to have seen the film, however, he had had no intellectual experience ("I left the theater glad to have seen the movie, Although not Transported to some higher intellectual or spiritual plane" ). Nothing in this film reach highs of the euro sufferers City or Manhattan, but he could be compared with less acclaimed films of Woody Allen.

Rotten Tomatoes compared the " witty and funny" film with the films of Woody Allen, including the camera work contributes. The representations were praised, especially those by Stanley Tucci. The " egocentric " characters seem to be busy with " mundane " problems.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was an " equally charming and humorous romantic comedy based on classical literary patterns ". Its quality lies " especially in the carefully captured everyday language and behavior of the protagonists " and reinforcing itself " by the good acting performances ."

Background

The film was shot in New York City. His cost of production was estimated at one million U.S. dollars. The world premiere took place on 20 April 2001 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film opened in select theaters in the USA on 21 November 2001, where he played a about 2.4 million U.S. dollars.

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