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- 2021
- PG-13
- IFC Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2021
- PG-13
- IFC Films
- 1 h 31 m
Summary After an electric one-night stand, two dating-app-matched New York millennials draw up a “Best Friends with Benefits” contract to avoid the pitfalls of their past relationships – what could possibly go wrong?
Directed By: Jonah Feingold
Written By: Jonah Feingold
- 2021
- PG-13
- IFC Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2021
- PG-13
- IFC Films
- 1 h 31 m
Dating & New York
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Summary After an electric one-night stand, two dating-app-matched New York millennials draw up a “Best Friends with Benefits” contract to avoid the pitfalls of their past relationships – what could possibly go wrong?
Directed By: Jonah Feingold
Written By: Jonah Feingold
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Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
42
0% Positive
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0 Reviews
83% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A winning cast helps sell that familiar premise — not just Reale and Young-White, who have definite chemistry and an easy-flowing banter, but also the brassy, scene-stealing Catherine Cohen.
The script is often very witty, peppered with sharp observations and two very entertaining performances, but there are underlying problems the movie cannot overcome.
Unfortunately, Dating & New York can't find anything new to say about the world of casual dating, so its love story never fully gets off the ground.
While following a typical rom-com pattern isn’t inherently unpleasant, the movie’s wink-wink insinuations that it’s going to take things in a novel direction, followed by its embrace of the very clichés it’s poked fun at, makes it feel disingenuous and stale.
Honestly, both Sex and the City and Seinfeld tackled the romantic pitfalls of youngish single life in NYC more adeptly in their relatively truncated formats than this 91-minute movie, and with a helluva lot more verve and wit.
A couple of bit characters come closest to landing a laugh. None of the leads do. The script is social media savvy, making tepid jokes about the “commitment” difference between a couple selfie “in your story” or on “your grid” on Instagram.
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Production Company
MXN Entertainment,
York Ave Department of Motion Pictures
Release Date Sep 10, 2021
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG-13
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