Burns’s ear for dialogue prevents it from becoming a forgotten footnote to a promising career.
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
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Reviews Counted:91
Fresh:51
Rotten:40
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Though well-acted, Sidewalks of New York generally comes off as a second-rate Woody Allen film. The characters seem self-absorbed, the problems trite.
Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $2,120,491
Synopsis: An intricate web of relationships is examined by Ed Burns (THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, SHE'S THE ONE) in SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK. Burns, who also wrote and produced the film, stars as Tommy Reilly, a boy... An intricate web of relationships is examined by Ed Burns (THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, SHE'S THE ONE) in SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK. Burns, who also wrote and produced the film, stars as Tommy Reilly, a boy from Queens turned successful Manhattanite. After being kicked out of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend, he is back in the dating scene. When he meets a divorced schoolteacher (Rosario Dawson), the connections between the additional main characters in the ensemble--played by Stanley Tucci, Heather Graham, Brittany Murphy, and David Krumholz--are identified slowly but surely: a divorced couple, an adulterous married man and his mistress, and a doubting wife. Burns' look at relationships leaves no stone unturned as the main characters and their friends discuss their love lives. Filmed throughout New York City, the characters' stories are spliced together by their own personal monologues in documentary-style scenes. Well-delivered, witty, and humorous banter that is reminiscent of the works of Woody Allen keeps the story moving, as does the shooting technique of following behind the characters with the camera. Tucci, in particular, delivers a standout performance as a two-timing, lecherous dentist. [More]
Starring: Stanley Tucci, Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham
Starring: Stanley Tucci, Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, David Krumholtz, Dennis Farina, Leah Gray
Director: Edward Burns
Director: Edward Burns
Screenwriter: Edward Burns
Producer: Margot Bridger, Edward Burns, Rick Yorn, Cathy Schulman
Studio: Paramount Classics
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Reviews for Sidewalks of New York
Virtually every actor in "Sidewalks" gives a performance that is just begging for better, more challenging material.
While it may not have anything new to say about love, life, or even New York, it's entertaining enough to keep you occupied while you're waiting for Woody to return to form.
Burns has a way with actors and a way with dialogue, but he hasn’t matured to the point where he can offer up a slice of life that doesn’t feel pre-programmed.
A comedy/romance for the under forty crowd obsessed with sex, relationships, fidelity, and their neuroses.
Burns misses a chance to make a witty, observant film about contemporary sexual politics; instead, he comes up with his usual by-the-numbers portrait of lovesick New Yorkers.
Little more than an occasionally amusing, often maddening rip-off of old Woody Allen multirelationship films.
Treads well-worn ground and fails to make us really feel for its half dozen self absorbed relationship-challenged characters.
At first, it seems like Burns' most unoriginal, least exciting movie to date. But it's much more than that because Burns brings some astute, prickly observations to the mix and actually works against the idea of predictability.
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