Monday, October 17, 2022

Movie review - "Sidewalks of New York" (2001) ***

 Breezy, easy going Woody Allen riff which even has Heather Graham channelling Mia Farrow and David Krumholtz channels Woodu. His stalking of Rosario Dawson and Brittany Murphy maybe isn't as charming as we're meant to find it but he is a pleasing presence. Actually they all do it's a very well acted film, with plenty of star power - a young Brittany Murphy and Dawson, Burns, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina.

Graham and Burns were dating at the time (or once did) - she was his one before Christy Turlington. The film is let down a little by Burns' script - I think the characters are interesting but the chats a bit one note. Some of it is tired - gay jokes, Stanley Tucci worried about the size of his penis.

But there's lovely moments like Graham's friend asking Burns out a date for Graham and cuteness with Murphy. And I liked that Dawson just wasn't in to Burns and decided to keep his baby without telling him - that's dramatically interesting.

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