Burns continues to be a fine writer of dialogue, and he has a knack for balancing candor with laughs.
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
It’s about made up people...with made up problems that have their origins in the movies, not real life.
Perceptive and realistic...There isn't a weak link in all six of its major performers.
Burns has written some pleasingly complex characters, cast first-rate actors to play them, and placed them in amusingly complicated situations.
Consider it as science fiction. How else can you explain a homely looking, bald guy like Stanley Tucci cheating on a sexpot wife like Heather Graham?
The best choice that Burns makes in his film is to avoid any scenes with Tucci--but no one ever said that Burns didn't know how to make himself look good.
Edward Burns captures the uneasiness of urban men and women in romantic relationships.
It simply brings nothing new to the table, and thus has little reason to exist beyond writer-director Edward Burns' desire to make a film because he can.
"Sidewalks of New York," while not totally successful, is a step in the right direction for Burns.
Reminds us, deep down, of why we love New York -- and a lot of people in it.
Neither as funny nor as truthful about the pitfalls of relationships as it thinks it is.
Such a negligible romantic comedy that its main distinction is fleeting shots of the World Trade Center in the background.
It's easily [Burns'] most-watchable movie since his debut, the 1995 Sundance hit, The Brothers McMullen.
Nothing spectacular or original but otherwise generally solid filmmaking.
[Burns] has a hard time finding a central idea, some overall point that isn't borrowed or trite. Or both.
As fresh and tasty as that petrified fruitcake you saved for this year's pollyanna.
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