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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content and language

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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Burns continues to be a fine writer of dialogue, and he has a knack for balancing candor with laughs.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/26/01
Pete Croatto
Pete Croatto
Filmcritic.com

It’s about made up people...with made up problems that have their origins in the movies, not real life.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
11/26/01
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Its New York flavor and energies are the real thing, and it grows on you.

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11/25/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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Perceptive and realistic...There isn't a weak link in all six of its major performers.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
11/24/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Burns has written some pleasingly complex characters, cast first-rate actors to play them, and placed them in amusingly complicated situations.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
11/24/01
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

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?

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
11/23/01
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

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.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
11/23/01
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Edward Burns captures the uneasiness of urban men and women in romantic relationships.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
11/23/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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.

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11/22/01
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Outside of Carpo, the movie is pretty routine.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
11/22/01
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News
N/R

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Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
11/21/01
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

"Sidewalks of New York," while not totally successful, is a step in the right direction for Burns.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
11/21/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Reminds us, deep down, of why we love New York -- and a lot of people in it.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/21/01
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Neither as funny nor as truthful about the pitfalls of relationships as it thinks it is.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
11/21/01
Jonathan Taylor
Jonathan Taylor
Citysearch

None of us comes away any the wiser about love and sex and stuff.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/21/01
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Such a negligible romantic comedy that its main distinction is fleeting shots of the World Trade Center in the background.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
11/21/01
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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It's easily [Burns'] most-watchable movie since his debut, the 1995 Sundance hit, The Brothers McMullen.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
11/21/01
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

Nothing spectacular or original but otherwise generally solid filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
11/21/01
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

[Burns] has a hard time finding a central idea, some overall point that isn't borrowed or trite. Or both.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/21/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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As fresh and tasty as that petrified fruitcake you saved for this year's pollyanna.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
11/21/01
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News
 
 
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