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  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Arrow Entertainment
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Arrow Entertainment
  • 1 h 20 m
Eat This New York

Summary The story of two best friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world. As Billy Phelps and John McCormick suffer through financial crisis, the loss of their chef, and a crumbling relationship, the filmmakers turn the camera on New York City's legendary restaurateurs who prove that dreams can come true. (Arrow Ent...

Directed By: Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi

Written By: Kate Novack

  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Arrow Entertainment
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Arrow Entertainment
  • 1 h 20 m

Eat This New York

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary The story of two best friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world. As Billy Phelps and John McCormick suffer through financial crisis, the loss of their chef, and a crumbling relationship, the filmmakers turn the camera on New York City's legendary restaurateurs who prove that dreams can come true. (Arrow Ent...

Directed By: Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi

Written By: Kate Novack

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80
The ending is enormously satisfying and moving.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
70
The directors Andrew Rossi and Kate Novack may not be great filmmakers -- it's hard to tell, based on this bare-bones picture -- but they know a great story, and more important, how to tell it.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
63
An excellent idea that never quite pans out.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Entertaining documentary.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
60
The docu, serving up interesting insights into the unique restaurant culture of NYC, should prove appetizing in urban venues.
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50
Seem to have spliced together two different concepts which, on paper, may have seemed complementary but wind up giving the film a schizophrenic feel.
By Megan Lehmann FULL REVIEW
50
Though the filmmakers had a great time following the Manhattan restaurateurs around, they abandoned the untidy Brooklyn story before the inevitable downward spiral that might have been our payoff as filmgoers.
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Release Date Jan 30, 2004
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.eatthisnewyork.com/
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