Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
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An aspiring actor leaves his home in Brooklyn for adulthood in Manhattan in Paul Mazursky's loosely autobiographical comedy-drama. In 1953, would-be thesp Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) flees his hysterically clinging mother (Shelley Winters) for a $25-a-month (!!) apartment in bohemian Greenwich Village. Between Method-like acting classes, a movie audition (where he meets a posturing actor played by Jeff Goldblum), and work at a juice bar, Larry hangs out with a circle of archetypal Village
Feb 4, 1976 Wide
Dec 13, 2005
Cast
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Lenny Baker
Larry Lapinsky -
Shelley Winters
Mrs. Lapinsky -
Ellen Greene
Sarah -
Lois Smith
Anita -
Christopher Walken
Robert -
Dori Brenner
Connie -
Antonio Fargas
Bernstein -
Lou Jacobi
Herb -
Mike Kellin
Mr. Lapinsky -
Michael Egan
Herbert -
Denise Galik
Ellen -
John C. Becher
Sid Weinberg the produc... -
John Ford Noonan
Barney -
Helen Hanft
Herb's Wife -
Rashel Novikoff
Mrs. Tupperman neighbor -
Joe Madden
Jake the Poet -
Joe Spinell
Cop -
Rochelle Oliver
Abortionist -
Gui Adrisano
Marco -
Carole Manferdini
Southern Girl -
Jeff Goldblum
Clyde Baxter the actor -
Rutanya Alda
Party Guest -
Milton Frome
Customer in Drug Store -
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (3) | DVD (5)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village is a very beautiful motion picture.
A middlebrow American Graffiti, minus the music and set in Greenwich Village, 1953.
Top Critic"Next Stop, Greenwich Village" isn't aggressively awful. It is inept but mostly it's just commonplace.
The movie's part autobiography and part fiction, but it's all of a piece because Mazursky captures the tone of the 1950s.
Seems more like a slavish hommage to Federico Fellini than a genuine reminiscence.
Charming, bittersweet coming-of-age nostalgia
An ingratiating puppy dog of a film by Paul Mazursky about a young man seeking independence in a place synonymous with freedom
So quotable about thumbs, way back in 1976.
An affectionate and funny 50s autobiographical memoir.
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He is pursuing an acting career and becomes part of a vibrant circle of friends, a very eclectic group; a blunt but kindhearted woman, a playboy (Christopher Walken,) an over-the-top funny black gay man (whose buoyant exterior hides a lot of pain,) a suicidal older actress, and the protagonist's girlfriend, who seems ever-indifferent to her lover.
His parents provide much comedy, especially his overbearing mother, brilliantly played by Shelley Winters.
It is obvious that Paul Mazursky has quite a love for these people as his story moves away from himself and focuses on these loveable, fascinating characters.
Lenny Baker, who plays the lead, is very well-suited for the role.