New York Stories (1989)

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (6) | DVD (6)

Whether it happened by chance or design, the sketches have more than just New York in common: all three have something to do with middle age, as well as with romantic relationships.

December 11, 2007 Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Only Woody Allen seems to have understood what is possible in a featurette.

January 26, 2006 Full Review

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Top Critic

It's still too early to tell whether the cheering New York Stories will be a box-office hit, but one can hope.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Allen's contribution is the only one that can be counted as a genuine success.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

New York Stories consists of three films, one good, one bad, one disappointing.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A novel and fascinating foray into highly stylized, highly personal filmmaking.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Joe Brown

Washington Post

Top Critic

All three films are in different ways concerned with how love affects their central characters, and all three are predictably stylish.

December 11, 2007 Full Review

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Each film is distinct from the other in its tone, which in some ways is good, but it also hinders any rhythm from emerging other than the fact that this club loves a certain city.

November 3, 2006 Full Review

Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

As Meatloaf once said, two out of three ain't bad

September 27, 2003

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Worth it for the Allen episode.

November 5, 2002

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Have a blast with the first story, fast-forward through the second and check out the last.

September 10, 2002 Full Review

Kevin N. Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

Two out of three ain't bad.

August 30, 2002

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Scosese's work alone is worth a viewing

August 14, 2002

David Poland

Hot Button

Scorsese's story of artistic obsession is underdeveloped (and Coppola's segment is entirely unwatchable), but Allen's hilarious comedy about the looming forces of motherhood saves the day.

July 25, 2002 | Comment (1)

Chuck Rudolph

Matinee Magazine

Vale como exercício para os cinéfilos.

May 31, 2002 Full Review

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Touchstone has given three popular directors a chance to work with a shorter-than-feature-length piece.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Mark R. Leeper

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• 1. Sheldon Mills: Boiled chicken. That's my mother's specialty. Of course she manages to render the bird completely devoid of any flavor. It's a culinary miracle.
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• 1. Sheldon Mills: Can you really cook or do you just stand orver the stove and chant or something?
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• 1. Rita: That was great. You never made love to me like that before, and you didn't even have alcohol.
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• 1. Zoe: They named me Zoe, because Zoe means life in Greek.
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• 1. Gregory Stark: Today I just felt even and I don't like it.
  – Submitted by Frances H (5 months ago)
• 1. Sheldon Mills: Baby, I'm your ally against horse dung and fraud.
  – Submitted by Frances H (5 months ago)

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