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New York, I Love You

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2.5

Directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, more.

Writers: Emmanuel Benbihy (concept), Tristan Carne (premise)

Release: 22 January 2010 (India)

Tagline: every moment another story begins

Plot: An anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York.

Cast: Bradley Cooper - Gus (segment "Allen Hughes"), Natalie Portman - Rifka (segment "Mira Nair"), Shia LaBeouf - Jacob (segment "Shekhar Kapur"), Blake Lively - Girlfriend (segment "Brett Ratner"), Ethan Hawke - Writer (segment "Yvan Attal"), Orlando Bloom - David (segment "Shunji Iwai"), Christina Ricci - Camille (segment "Shunji Iwai"), Hayden Christensen - Ben (segment "Jiang Wen"), Justin Bartha - Sarah's Boyfriend (Transitions), Anton Yelchin - Boy in the Park (segment "Brett Ratner"), Rachel Bilson - Molly (segment "Jiang Wen"), Robin Wright Penn - Anna (segment "Yvan Attal"), Maggie Q - Call Girl (segment "Yvan Attal"), John Hurt - Waiter (segment "Shekhar Kapur"), James Caan - Mr. Riccoli (segment "Brett Ratner"), Drea de Matteo - Lydia (segment "Allen Hughes"), Andy Garcia - Garry (segment "Jiang Wen"), Chris Cooper - Alex (segment "Yvan Attal"), Eli Wallach - Abe (segment "Joshua Marston"), Eva Amurri - Sarah (Transitions), Julie Christie - Isabelle (segment "Shekhar Kapur"), Olivia Thirlby - Actress (segment "Brett Ratner"), Cloris Leachman - Mitzie (segment "Joshua Marston"), Qi Shu - Chinese herbalist, Jacinda Barrett - Maggie, Burt Young - Landlord (segment "Fatih Akin"), Irrfan Khan - Mansuhkhbai (segment "Mira Nair"), Taylor Geare - Teya (segment "Natalie Portman"), Ugur Yocel - Painter (segment "Fatih Akin"), Emilie Ohana - Zoe - the Video Artist, Sinsu Co - Mystery Bar Girl (segment "Allen Hughes"), Ashley Klein - Prom girl (segment "Brett Ratner"), Cesar De Len - Dominican (segment "Natalie Portman"), Jordann Beal - Prom girl (segment "Brett Ratner"), Carlos Acosta - Dante (segment "Natalie Portman"), Eliezer Meyer - Grand Rabbi Elli (segment "Mira Nair"), Amy Raudenbush - Mom #1 (segment "Natalie Portman"), Gurdeep Singh - Badal (Transitions), Richard Chang - Mr. Su (Transitions), Juri Henley-Cohn - Ali (Transitions), Gary Cherkassky - Skater Punk (segment "Joshua Marston"), Vedant Gokhale - Cab Driver (Transitions), Robert d Scott - Du-Rag (Transitions), Eddie D'vir - Rabbi (segment "Mira Nair"), Jeff Chena - Bartender (segment "Jiang Wen"), Andy Karl - Evan (Transitions), Loukas Papas - Pizza Patron - Transitions, Simon Dasher - Guitarist (Transitions), Adam Moreno - DJ Blue (segment "Brett Ratner"), Duane Nakia Cooper - Haitian Cab Driver - Transitions, Brad Naprixas - Hassid in Wedding (segment "Mira Nair"), Adam S. Phillips - Jogger - Transitions, Himad Beg - Indian Man (Transitions), Aron Charach - Young Hasid (segment "Mira Nair")

Runtime: 103 min

Country: France

Language: English

Company: Vivendi Entertainment

Links: IMDb Profile

Categories: Drama, Romance

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2.5

New York, I Love You

OMG OMG OMG OMG. I wanna go New York! I wanna go New York! I wanna go New York!

Okay so I'm sure not many of ya'll has heard of this series before. It's called the Cities of Love series. Each movie features 10 short films about love and is set in a world famous city. The series began with Paris, Je Taime which I loved. And now the love story has come to the greatest city in the world, New York.

New York, I Love You is a collaborative work of the industry's best directors, writers and actors banding together to make 10 short films of love and romance all taking place within the 5 boroughs of New York. The story weaves a tale of love as diverse as the very fabric of New York City.

Now this movie is an independent film so it's really going to be hard to find but my God I tell you will it be worth it when you do. Every short film portrays the beauty of New York City set inside a very cool short love film on it's own. It's funny. It's artistic. It's incredibly random. It's the very essence of New York.

And this film has a very impressive ensemble cast for a indie film. We got Natalie Portman, Julie Christie, Shia LaBeouf, Shu Qi, Ethan Hawke, Maggie Q, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Andy Garcia, Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively, Olivia Thirlby, Anton Yelchin, Eli Wallach, Irfan Khan, James Caanand Drea De Matteo.

I love how all the actors were used. Each character has incredible amounts of depth and development in the short screen time their on. And the whole film is brilliantly written in a way that each character intertwines and effects the stories of another character in a different segment of the film. It depicts New Yorkers and how everyone is connected beautifully.

But there were some segments I didn't like. One being Shai LaBeouf's short film. There wasn't anything bad about it, it's just that the other 9 films were done as witty romantic comedies and all of a sudden we get one film in the middle of the story that's an incredibly depressing art film.

New York, I Love You is just one of those indie films that will never get much recognition and will stay completely unknown to mainstream moviegoers. It's a hidden gem that only true film lovers will appreciate. Hopefully this review will get some of ya'll interested to check it out.

RATING: 7/10

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2010-02-19 23:02:57

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New York, Where Is The Love?

An American take on Paris, je t'aime, in which several shorts tell the tales of lovers within New York City.

My interest in this film was mild, it boasted a large cast and several directors, but I was more interested in Paris, je t'aime. New York, I Love You comes off as a poor man's attempt at trying to show talent and style. The film is good, but not as good as it should, or wants to be. I found it to be very uneven with each short and I only fell in love with just one of them.

Instead of going into each short, beat by beat, I'll highlight the ones I care enough to talk about, for better or worse. We start off with Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha each getting into a cab and having a small argument over which street to take. This is our introduction to this film, it's interesting and mildly funny, but offers us no insight into either character or their situation. We go on through other shorts, involving a bald Natalie Portman and lazy boy Orlando Bloom. I found that a lot of the shorts had characters that I did not have interest in. For a short, one of the main objectives if to grab the viewers attention with either a character or situation, many of these shorts fail to do this.

The one short that I absolutely loved, is also the most basic one. Two people who are in love walk down the street together. Cloris Leachman and Eli Wallach are perfect and in their old age outshine everyone else in this piece. Their short is soft and heartfelt. The only true love story in this whole piece. While other pieces were interesting and entertaining (Maggie Q and Ethan Hawke) non had the presence of Leachman and Wallach.

As mentioned before, some shorts are uneven and try to pull small twists here and there. Most of them are obvious (Ratner's and Cooper/Wright Penn) but I give them credit for trying. Everyone does a decent job in their roles, as I mentioned, this is a pretty big cast. Shia LaBeouf stars in the oddest segment of them all, along with the beautiful Julie Christie. It'll have some people scratching their heads, as it seems to be the odd one out of the group.

One big problem is that the film doesn't showcase New York enough, it should almost be a third character, but instead it's simply the backdrop. The film suffers from the lack of ethnicity that should be present. This is after all New York, but instead we get the beautiful cast, it doesn't feel real.

The film is pretty much hit or miss and nothing jumps out at you as a wow moment. Each segment is directed well, but nothing memorable. I read each segment was given a short amount of time to film everything, that has it's pros and cons. Why not take more time to craft everything?

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Vincent Snavely

2010-02-09 23:27:33

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New York, I Love You

OMG OMG OMG OMG. I wanna go New York! I wanna go New York! I wanna go New York! Okay so I'm sure not many of ya'll has heard of this series before. It's called the Cities of Love series. Each movie features 10 short films about love and is set in a world famous city. The series began with Paris, Je Taime which I loved. And now the love story has come to the greatest city in the world, New York. New York, I Love You is a collaborative work of the industry's best directors, writers and actors banding together to make 10 short films of love and romance all taking place within the 5 boroughs of New York. The story weaves a tale of love as diverse as the very fabric of New York City. Now this movie is an independent film so it's really going to be hard to find but my God I tell you will it be worth it when you do. Every short film portrays the beauty of New York City set inside a very cool short love film on it's own. It's funny. It's artistic. It's...

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2010-02-19 23:02:57

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New York, Where Is The Love?

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2010-02-09 23:27:33

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