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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 27
  3. Negative: 5 out of 27

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  1. JanY
    Oct 18, 2009
    10
    Come on, let’s not pretend that New York is simply a place for Wall Street New Yorkers, or where shoppers spend money in fancy Park Avenue stores, or move in and out of financial institutions, or a city of Broadway theaters, museums, the Rockefeller Center, and all those tourist landmarks, marketed by NY travel guides, to lure the wide-eyed, giddy-headed and ignorant tourists who enter and leave NY, probably clueless to certain aspects that’s part and puzzle of New York life! How many non-New Yorkers that there is the 47th Street Diamond District where one can meet Hasidic workers? How many fools have simply paid the price tagged to items in ethnic shops without bargaining down the price? Or walk from Chinatown toward Williamsburg Bridge and observe the Hasidic Community with their traditional practices. Just visit Algonquin Hotel and you’d be bound to find several celebrities living there to remind you of Julie Christie’s Isabelle. How many of these fading celebrities regard their lives have reached an end, when all they need to do is to take a serious look at the lowly-paid servers, struggling to make ends meet. Jam yourself with the evening crowds along Avenue of the Americas with its side-street vendors and fell lucky if you’re not a victim of pickpockets. And how many do realize that some NY neighborhoods are having problems with prostitution and solicitation? Yes, the filmmakers are bold enough to expose the challenges New Yorkers know and face. And yes, despite the existence of challenges and seemingly unbecoming ways and attidudes of some, New Yorkers still love their New York. And these stories do bring a reality that true New Yorkers, who love New York, are not wimps, but tough survivors who understand that New York is simplynot a fantasy land of all that glitters!… Expand
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  2. Ata
    Nov 5, 2009
    1
    Glad to see barely 2 boroughs depicted in this film. This movie is so contrived. It's like an 11-car Crash.
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  3. eggyg
    Jan 18, 2010
    5
    A mixed bag of short movie with bland overall after taste. NY portrayal is just too gloomy and unromantic. Even standard vampire movie is mostly more romantic than this film.
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  4. JS.
    Oct 17, 2009
    10
    Great date movie. Really fun.
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  5. JS.
    Oct 17, 2009
    10
    Great date movie. Really fun.
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  6. teenagerreview
    Nov 7, 2009
    10
    The actors and dicectors are great. in every story there are 2 great actors who are in a relationship, in love, or just have a moment. every thing here is great.
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  7. StevenJ
    Dec 1, 2009
    4
    There is nothing less funny than trying to be funny. There is nothing less poignant than trying to be poignant. This movie feels like a film school attempt to be comedic and thought-provoking, but fails on both fronts. You don't laugh and you don't reflect. It also fails to tell the truth about love, about New York, about life. Most, although not all, of the lives and loves portrayed in this film are shallow, driven by sex rather than commitment, and self-absorbed rather than sacrificial. If the writing were better, the interweaving of the stories better, it might have at least held together as a montage film. As is, however, it's not worth the time.… Expand
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  8. AE
    Oct 28, 2009
    5
    I really wanted to like this film and the city it celebrates more than I did. Though there are many tender human moments, the overwhelming feeling saturating the film is an oppressive isolation wherein the millions in their midst ironically make connections exponentially more difficult. It is a relief, then, to see A.O. Scott say the film makes NYC "a parallel city that no one would want to live in, much less visit.” I understand why one could justify interlacing some of the stories and not others, but in the end, it feel less cohesive than had each story stood on its own.… Expand
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  9. LeoTs3181983
    Sep 6, 2010
    10
    I've been to New York and seen the good side of it. I don't want to see the bad side of it. If you want to watch this movie with me,LOL! Don't see it.
  10. JonnyFendi
    Jan 11, 2011
    6
    Thiz movie is an anthology about different kind of love stories in the setting of New York. It is also a reincarnation of 2006s France movie, PARIS J TAIME. A full All-Star Casts and directed by many well-known Directors. The movie contains about eleven segments (which I approximately counted). Each Segment has unique style and combines in one atmosphere. I know it is very hard to criticize thiz kind of film where each segment could be the weakness or the strength of whole film itself. So these are my evaluation based on impression that left to me. Mira Nair segment tells about a glimpse of love, played by Natalie Portman. Portman also made her directing debut in one of the segments, which it revolves around a little girl and a man spend some time at the park, Later We knew that man was her father. Portman direction only tried to describe the situation. Shekhar Kapur segment is the most thoughtful scene. We should take time to muse wisdom inside. It is about love, tragedy, and the meaning of life. The roles played by Julie Christie, Shia LaBeouf, and John Hurt. The script made by the late Anthony Minghella. Yvan Attal and Allen Hughes segments were more about passion and lust. Attal segment it starred by Ethan Hawke and Maggie Q. It underlined love seduction. Hughes part is more about sex and the hesitation that comes along after one night stand relation, played by Bradley Cooper and Drea de Matteo. The Brett Ratner segment is probably the most easy-watching part. It is about unique prom night story. This Part played by Anton Yelchin, Olivia Thirlby, and James caan. I think Thirlby gives a delightful performance here. Ratner direction is on pop-standart level. And finally, the most hilarious part is about an old-couple. The dialogue is so tickling. Thiz segment is directed by Joshua Marston. The other segments for me just come through without any deep impression. Other Casts are: Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Andy Garcia, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Shu Qi, and many. In overall, NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU could not gives maximum freshness that what we have seen in PARIS J TAIME before. However, the transition of various New York landscape between one segment and with the others is very smooth enough. Thiz movie maybe is not a specific movie about lovers, but more about love in universal way. Visit My Blog on JONNY'S MOVEE : http://jonnyfendi.blogspot.com… Expand
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Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Erica Abeel
    70
    Most of these linked "shorts" succeed remarkably in nailing the serendipitous flavor of love, New York-style.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jay Weissberg
    40
    The results are, well, formulaic, hobbled by weak dialogue and absent any sense of texture.
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  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    Oddly, the filmmaker best known for his Valentines to New York, Woody Allen, is not participant.
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