New York, New York
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Barry Primus, Lionel Stander, Liza Minnelli, Mary Kay Place, Robert De NiroDirector: Martin Scorsese
Brand: MINNELLI,LIZA
Cinematographer: L?szl? Kov?cs
Editor: Bert Lovitt
Producer: Gene Kirkwood
Producer: Irwin Winkler
Producer: Robert Chartoff
Writer: Earl Mac Rauch
Writer: Mardik Martin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of New York, New York
Movie Review: It's pretty empty, and by that I mean it's `pretty' empty...
Summary: 3 Stars
I have mixed feelings about this movie. The performances are stellar but the characters are very hard to love. The direction is sharp yet the plot if rather flimsy. The set pieces and costumes are delicious to the eye, but the film overstays its welcome by about forty minutes. The music is jazz at its finest yet the musical numbers themselves seem to be lacking for me.
It is a big plate of good and bad with no real proper balance of the two.
The film stars Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro as a struggling couple trying to make it big in `Big Band Era' New York. Francine Evans is a dynamite singer, and Jimmy Doyle is a stubborn yet savvy sax player. Together they make one sensational act that draws quite a crowd, but when you mix personal life with business things start to grow sour. When Francine gets pregnant and leaves the tour, Jimmy finds his band diminishing under the strain of a new singer (who just can't hold a candle to Francine) and his fizzling career sends a shock of distain through his body. When Francine, while pregnant and in New York, starts striking up conversations of record deals, Jimmy finds that jealously can corrupt and even kill a relationship.
The films plot (rocky relationship inside a jazz group) is far too hollow to sustain the films near three-hour running time. If the film had been maybe a third shorter it wouldn't have led way to the films flaws so much. By giving us a whole lot of nothing so-to-speak you give us time to realize that `New York, New York' doesn't have a lot to offer.
What `New York, New York' doesn't have in substance it makes up for in charisma. The two stars are sensational here, both of them working off the other with ferocity. We all know that De Niro is a brilliant actor, but for me at least, I was only aware of one performance by the mighty Minnelli; `Cabaret'. I consider her dynamic performance one of the best in the history of cinema; but even I knew that one brilliant performance does not equal brilliant actress. As good as De Niro is, this movie is all about Liza. She is phenomenal here, completely sinking into her character's spunk and drive; delivering chilling dramatic tension while never losing Francine's bubbly persona and unforgettable heart. De Niro is cheeky, funny and keeps up with Minnelli rather well, but she is clearly best-in-show here.
I can't say that either character is really all that likable, despite that fact that they are both played very well. Jimmy is a creep; a self absorbed user who fails to garner any of the audiences respect; and Francine is far too forgiving. As one already said, you just want to smack some sense into her. But this is a testament to Minnelli's marvelous performance, for Francine is a character written in a way that almost forces her to come across as weak, yet she never does. She comes off as foolish and blinded by what she considers to be love, but Minnelli conveys the right amount of understanding to make keep her from looking weak.
There is no denying that Minnelli's voice is impeccable, and if you like jazz then you will swoon over the countless jazz songs littering this film; but, if you love musicals you may not be too impressed with the actual musical numbers. They lack a certain spark that comes with the territory, which shocked me a bit. I absolutely ADORED the `Happy Endings' number, but aside from that I found myself expecting more out of each smoky club routine. I found more heart and fire in the musical numbers in `The Fabulous Baker Boys' than I found here.
So, in the end I have to say that `New York, New York' is a real mixed bag. The acting is great (thanks to undeniable chemistry), the look and feel of the film is flawless, but these two components can't really save the film from the weak plot and overlong running time. Going back to my review title (and for a little more clarity), this film is a very glitzy `pretty' film, but that pretty is only here to mask over the films overall emptiness. I'd give it a C+, possibly a B- (but a B seems almost too forgiving for a film that offers little more than some great acting).
I wouldn't avoid it, but I wouldn't seek it out either.
Summary of New York, New York
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese teams with Academy Award?(r) winners* Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro in this splashy, flashy musical spectacle celebrating the glorious days of the Big Band Era in the Big Apple! Jimmy is a joint-jumpin saxophonist on his way to stardom. Francine is a wannabe starlet who dreams of singing in the spotlight. When they meet, sparks flyand when he plays and she sings, they set New York on fire! It's the beginning of a stormy relationship, asthe two struggle to balance their passions for music and each other under the pressures of big-timeshow biz. *Minnelli: Actress, Cabaret (1972); De Niro: Actor, Raging Bull (1980), Supporting Actor, The Godfather Part II (1974)Martin Scorsese took a daring turn from the mean streets that made his reputation in the early '70s with New York, New York, his homage to the big-band era. And what an homage it is: the dazzling production design by Boris Leven continues to impress over the film's nearly three-hour length. And there's no denying the anthemic appeal of Kander and Ebb's title song, belted with winning bravado by costar Liza Minnelli in a showstopping finale. But as valiantly as Minnelli and Robert De?Niro try, they can't elevate the shaky plot beyond its two-dimensional construct. It purports to be a Star Is Born-like tragedy of colliding careers, but too often it feels like inadvertently eavesdropping on a marriage counselor's most truculent clients. (There are times you want someone--anyone--to slap Minnelli upside the head with a copy of Women Who Love Too Much.) For diehard Minnelli (or Scorsese) fans only. --Anne Hurley
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