New York Stories Rating: Release Date: 08 April, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Woody Allen Mia Farrow Joan Allen Mae Questel Complete Cast (9 total)

New York Stories Reviews

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Life in New York
This film is 3 short stories in one, all of them set in New York City and directed by M. Scorsese, F. Coppola and Woody Allen.
The first stars Nick Nolte as an eccentric, egotistical painter, centering on his troubled and tired relationship with his beautiful, frustrated assistant, Rosanna Arquette, whose own artistic goals are eclipsed by her mentor. It may be predictable, but these two stars are worth watching in anything they do, especially Rosanna.
The Woody Allen portion, Oedipus Wrecks, is very funny, almost slapstick about his relationship with an overbearing mother, who manages to haunt him, hilariously, even from the beyond.
Life Without Zoe is an affectionate look at a young girl growing up privileged with wealth but deprived of attention and love by her inattentive parents. She lives in a posh hotel environment, interacting with other children of wealth. Her playful search for missing jewelry leads her eventually to a reconciliation with her parents.
This film is a smorgasbord of situations that could conceivably be running their course simultaneously at any given time in the hectic cycle of life in New York City.


Coulda Been
Scorcese: Best of the three. Smart, insightful, well acted. Nolte and Arquette do great with necessarily sparse material. The only one of the three that would probably survive as a full length movie. 5 stars

Copolla: Dreck. Dumb. Pointless. Poorly acted. Self indulgent.
Zero stars.

Allen: Wanted so badly to like it but just never quite got there. Typical Allen neurosis. Not very funny. Scenes with the fake paranormal are the best. A pleasant, if very mild, diversion. Worth a viewing. 2.5 stars.

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