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New York Stories (1989)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:17

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: NEW YORK STORIES is a feature-length film consisting of three shorts directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen. The stories are linked only by their New York City setting... NEW YORK STORIES is a feature-length film consisting of three shorts directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen. The stories are linked only by their New York City setting and show three very different facets of New York life. Scorsese's "Life Lessons" is the bittersweet tale of an aging Abstract Expressionist painter whose young live-in girlfriend and artistic protégée decides to leave him just as he's preparing for an important gallery opening. Tired of living in the shadow of her famous lover and disappointed in her own lack of artistic talent, the girl torments him with tantrums and brazen acts of infidelity as the painter furiously attempts to fill his canvases in time for his show. Coppola's "Life Without Zoe" is a candy-coated look at the life of a poor little rich girl who resides alone at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel under the care of a butler while her neglectful parents flit around the world. Zoe attends fanciful parties with other fabulously wealthy children and becomes involved in the search for a pair of missing diamond earrings that eventually reunites her with her parents. "Oedipus Wrecks" is Woody Allen's comic nightmare about a 50-year-old man still suffocated by his overbearing Jewish mother. When she disappears mysteriously one day, he thinks his troubles are over--until she reappears as a giant apparition looming in the sky above Manhattan. [More]

Starring: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini

Starring: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini, Mae Questal, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner, Samantha Larkin, Chris Elliott

Director: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese

Director: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese

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Apr 8, 2003

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  • New York Stories
  • Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most talked about films of the year, NEW YORK STORIES features the collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese (THE COLOR OF MONEY), Francis Coppola (THE GODFATHER), and Woody Allen (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS).
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    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    03/26/09
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    All three films are in different ways concerned with how love affects their central characters, and all three are predictably stylish.

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    12/11/07
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    12/11/07
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
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    No review available.

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    08/26/07
    Cole Smithey
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
    11/03/06
    Ryan Cracknell
    Ryan Cracknell
    Movie Views

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

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    01/26/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    Emanuel Levy
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    03/12/04
    Carol Cling
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    01/01/04
    Michael Dequina
    Michael Dequina
    TheMovieReport.com

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

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    09/27/03
    James Sanford
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    Kalamazoo Gazette

    No review available.

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    07/22/03
    David N. Butterworth
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    It's still too early to tell whether the cheering New York Stories will be a box-office hit, but one can hope.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    05/20/03
    Vincent Canby
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    Worth it for the Allen episode.

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    11/05/02
    Ken Hanke
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    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

    Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
    09/10/02
    Kevin N. Laforest
    Kevin N. Laforest
    Montreal Film Journal

    Two out of three ain't bad.

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    08/30/02
    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    Scosese's work alone is worth a viewing

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    08/14/02
    David Poland
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    07/29/02
    Philip Martin
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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    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.

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    07/25/02
    Chuck Rudolph
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    Matinee Magazine

    Vale como exercício para os cinéfilos.

    Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
    05/31/02
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
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    The best news, of course, is that Allen is back in rare form.

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