Little Manhattan
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Actor: Bradley Whitford, Charlie Ray, Cynthia Nixon, Josh Hutcherson, Willie GarsonBrand: Fox Home Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
Published: 2006-04-01
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Little Manhattan
Movie Review: A sweet little romance
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this movie to be a delightful account of an early first love that developes between two Manhattan 11 year olds: Gabe, portrayed by Josh Hutcherson, and Rosemary, portrayed by Charlie Ray. In the voice over that runs throughout the film, Gabe seems rather pessimitic about love, and is convinced that all love ends. This is understandable as he is living in a household with parents in a failing marriage, and in the midst of a slow-motion divorce; his mother has even started dating other men. Therefore, I feel that this belief of Gabe's is not really meant to be a defense of divorce, as one reviewer here contended, but simply the view of an 11 year old boy who is living in a family headed straight for, as he tells it, the Jerry Springer Show.
Yet, inspite of what he thinks he knows about love, he finds himself utterly swept away one day while hanging out with his "karate friend" Rosemary. He sees her in a beautiful dress, and realizes for the first time what an "amazing creature" she is. Previously he was indifferent about Rosemary, and girls in general, but now he finds that he wants to spend as much time with her as possible, and eventually gets to the point where he wants to kiss her before she leaves to go to camp for 6 weeks. But she is a total mystery to him, as he looks for clues about what she might be thinking and feeling with regard to him. There are several points where the two stand gazing at each other, and you can see growing fondness they have for each other, yet Gabe falters in his uncertainty, which only makes him more determined than ever. "I will kiss her before she gets on that bus to Maine; I will, I will, I will!" Also, another guy appears on the scene, whom Gabe considers a romantic rival, which does nothing to help his anxiety level. Instead of talking to Rosemary about his feelings, however, he keeps it all in..."I needed more, and more pain."
He finally gets the break he's looking for when Rosemary calls him to invite him on a night out with her and her parents at a local club to hear the jazz singer, Loston Harris. This convinces him of her affections toward him and gives him the confidence to "move to the next level" which means, to him, holding her hand. He is thrilled when she seems to like the hand holding, but later when he kisses her, she seemed stunned and bewildered, so he is once again plunged into uncertainty. He endlessly reveiws the kiss scene over and over in his mind, trying to figure her out, but to no avail. But rather than calling her to talk to her about it, he avoids her until the next karate class, where he obsessively looks for clues from her about her feelings, but again, she seems inscrutable. Later, he has a heart to heart talk with his dad about girls..."why are they the way they are...why does all love have to end?" His father then tells him about what happened between his (Gabe's) mom and himself, how they just stopped talking about things, and over time grew further and further apart. This is a wonderfully insightful moment in the film, and it is not lost on Gabe, as he soon figures out what he has to do: TALK to Rosemary, and tell her what he feels. What happens next is one of the most beautiful scenes in the film when he actually does this. However, he feels that things are at an end for them because Rosemary is going to camp. I would interject here that that would not necessarily be the case in reality; relationships don't necessarily end simply because someone goes on an extended vacation. There's no reason that Rosemary wouldn't write him while she's away, or call him when she returns. But to an 11 year old boy, perhaps, this is not yet realized. So, in the midst of the confirmation of his belief that all love ends, he discovers that his father also acted on his own insight and had a little talk with Gabe's mother which seemed to substantially clear the air. At the end of the story, we see a ray of hope for Gabe, and for us, that perhaps love doesn't have to end after all.
I found this movies to be very a charming and thought provoking look at not only first love, but love at any age. This experiences of Gabe and Rosemary will ring familiar to anyone old enough to have had the experience. It was beautifully acted by everyone, and Charlie Ray was delightful in what was here her first appearance in a feature film. It was also wonderful to see Manhattan portrayed in such a positive light. I have never been there, but movies like this make me want to visit.
Summary of Little Manhattan
Features include:
?MPAA Rating: PG
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 84 minutes
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