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New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You

Movie · 2008 · 15 people

Eleven short films, each by a different director, make up New York, I Love You (known in Turkey as Seni Seviyorum New York), an American romantic comedy-drama anthology. It is the second entry in the Cities of Love series created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and a kind of sequel to 2006's Paris, je t'aime. The stories are set across New York's five boroughs. Unlike the first film, its segments share a thread: a cameraman who films the other characters.

The segments were directed by Jiang Wen, Mira Nair, Shunji Iwai, Yvan Attal, Brett Ratner, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Natalie Portman, Fatih Akın, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmeyer. The large ensemble includes Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Hayden Christensen (Ben), Rachel Bilson (Molly), Andy García (Garry), Natalie Portman (Rifka), Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Julie Christie and the Turkish actor Uğur Yücel.

It premiered at the Toronto festival in September 2008 with fourteen stories; after poor reactions at a New York test screening, the distributors cut Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut and Andrey Zvyagintsev's segment. US release followed on October 16, 2009, with Portugal on November 5 and Brazil on December 18, 2009. It earned about $9.7 million and received mixed reviews.

DirectorYvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Brett Ratner, Fatih Akın, Jiang Wen, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Shekhar Kapur, Shunji Iwai
Production companyGrosvenor Park Productions

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Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel Actor · 69 years old Painter Andy García Anton Yelchin Blake Lively Bradley Cooper Burt Young Carlos Acosta Chris Cooper Christina Ricci Cloris Leachman Drea de Matteo Ethan Hawke Hayden Christensen Irrfan Khan Jacinda Barrett

Also in the cast: Natalie Portman (Rifka), Shia LaBeouf (Jacob), Rachel Bilson (Molly), Orlando Bloom (David)

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Unevenness is the built-in problem of anthology films, and New York, I Love You doesn't escape it. The shorts by eleven directors differ sharply in tone, style and quality; some segments build graceful sketches around a single moment, while others never get beyond a New York postcard. Unlike Paris, je t'aime, a cameraman linking the segments promises unity, but the link isn't strong enough to truly organize the structure; the segments still seem to sit in separate rooms. That two segments were cut after a test screening also suggests the production wasn't sure of its own coherence. Taken one by one there are a few lovely moments; as a whole it is a scattered collection.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film's most interesting side is that New York's five boroughs are told through the eyes of a wide range of directors, from Jiang Wen to Mira Nair and from Shunji Iwai to Fatih Akın, each looking at the same city from a different distance. That suits a city whose cosmopolitan identity is defined by immigrants and encounters. For Turkish viewers, the segment directed by Fatih Akın and Uğur Yücel's place in the cast are an added point of interest. Yet the romantic comedy frame mostly leaves out the city's class divides and harder face; the New York that emerges is closer to a postcard than to the real thing.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

A film made of short love stories, with romance and adult concerns up front. There's little here to hold children's interest, and teenagers may find some segments dull. Since each story is short, it's easy to pause and pick up later. It's more of a pick for couples or a group of adult friends on a quiet evening.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader reviews are below.

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