Moscow on the Hudson

Name: Moscow on the Hudson
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: April 6, 1984
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Robin Williams

1984

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Moscow On The Hudson

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 6, 1984

Starring: Maria Conchita Alonso, Robin Williams

Summary: When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's department store in New York City, he learns that adjusting to American life is more difficult than he expected.

Director: Paul Mazursky

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

It is also a rarity, a patriotic film that has a liberal, rather than a conservative, heart. It made me feel good to be an American, and good that Vladimir Ivanoff was going to be one, too. Read full review

The New Yorker - Pauline Kael

Wonderful comedy about a tragedy.

Time Out London - Staff (Not Credited)

Romantic humanism may not be fashionable in these cynical cinematic times, but few directors reveal the tragicomic lives of ordinary people with such sensitivity and humour. Read full review

The Guardian - Staff (Not Credited)

The absence of a real point of view, and of any depth of characterisation, prevents the otherwise pleasing entertainment drawing blood. Read full review

Empire - William Thomas

As a fish-out-of-water comedy-drama, it works well. Read full review

The New York Times - Vincent Canby

It seems unfinished, not yet thought through. Even the title doesn't quite fit, since the New York City that Vladimir discovers is far more densely populated by Southern blacks, Latin Americans, Western Europeans, Orientals and Indians from India than by Russians. It sounds as if it were one of those titles around which a screenplay was eventually composed. Read full review

Newsweek - David Ansen

Mazursky's satiric edge has always been leavened with heart. But now that his edge is gone he's wearing his heart on his sleeve and his dramaturgy has gone flabby. [16 Apr 1984, p.93]

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