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  • 2015
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 5 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 5 m

Summary Inspired by one of the most high-profile public implosions in recent memory, Welcome to New York follows a prominent international banker (Gérard Depardieu) as he spirals out of control during a drug and sex-fueled trip to America—culminating in a shocking incident involving a hotel maid and his subsequent arrest. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

Written By: Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara

  • 2015
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 5 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 2 h 5 m

Welcome to New York

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Inspired by one of the most high-profile public implosions in recent memory, Welcome to New York follows a prominent international banker (Gérard Depardieu) as he spirals out of control during a drug and sex-fueled trip to America—culminating in a shocking incident involving a hotel maid and his subsequent arrest. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

Written By: Christ Zois, Abel Ferrara

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
71
82% Positive
18 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
71
82% Positive
18 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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100
Aug 6, 2014
Ferrara's Welcome to New York is a savage work that's easily one of the best films of the year. [Unrated Version]
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80
Apr 16, 2015
As a portrait of a privileged, narcissistic sex addict, its magnificence and messiness are intertwined, while Gérard Depardieu’s (literally) naked performance offers a gurning, grunting bedfellow to Keitel’s Bad Lieutenant and Brando’s butterfat Last Tango In Paris protagonist.
By Jamie Graham FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 16, 2015
This frank, unruly look at sex, privilege and power unfolds so much like real life that it proves an intriguing and strangely immersive experience.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 23, 2015
The film, a sleek and oddly moving study in the cost of debauchery, has its gleeful excesses.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
75
May 19, 2014
No matter its silliest missteps, Welcome to New York has an impressive engine of ideas in line with the director's other New York stories. [Unrated Version]
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 4, 2015
This is not the kind of material for a stately biopic or a political drama. This is nasty, strange business — perfect for Ferrara, whose work often hovers between art and exploitation, between angst and sleaze.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 26, 2015
Grunting and boarlike, Gérard Depardieu supplies a one-note rendition of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Abel Ferrara’s peculiarly unilluminating Welcome to New York.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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13% Negative
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Production Company Belladonna Productions
Release Date Mar 27, 2015
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating R
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