New York Stories (1989)
74 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 17 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
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 and show three very different facets of New York life. Scorsese's "Life Lessons" is the... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini, Mae Questal
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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
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.
12/11/07
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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.
11/03/06
Only Woody Allen seems to have understood what is possible in a featurette.
01/26/06
It's still too early to tell whether the cheering New York Stories will be a box-office hit, but one can hope.
05/20/03
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Have a blast with the first story, fast-forward through the second and check out the last.
09/10/02
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.
07/25/02
Allen's contribution is the only one that can be counted as a genuine success.
01/01/00
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