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New York Stories

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Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons," Francis Coppola's "Life Without Zoe" and Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks."
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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 12/11/2007
3/4
Whether it happened by chance or design, the sketches have more than just New York in common: all three have something to do with middle age, as well as with romantic relationships. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out 01/26/2006
Only Woody Allen seems to have understood what is possible in a featurette. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times 05/20/2003
4/5
It's still too early to tell whether the cheering New York Stories will be a box-office hit, but one can hope. Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Radio Times Apr 1
3/5
Scorsese's contribution, on the other hand, is a superbly controlled drama focusing on artist Nick Nolte's relationship with his muse, Rosanna Arquette. Go to Full Review
Terry Francis Southern Voice (Atlanta) 05/09/2023
Anthology films are a rarity nowadays, even in Europe where they were popular in the sixties... One hopes the film will not be an anomaly. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/11/2022
Scorsese's is good, Coppola's is bad, and Woody Allen's is exceptional. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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thiago s @Thiagostone Aug 8 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Dennui S 12/07/2024 Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks- 5 stars. The Scorcese part - 3 stars. Coppola gave his kid a present but gets zero stars here. See more J T 10/18/2024 Capturing the worst of NYC life. Uneven, and uninteresting. Didn't catch this when it came out, couldn't stick with the second story, third one was trying so hard to be funny. Maybe if I saw it in 1989 it would have seemed a little better. Somewhere along the line, Woody lost it. Saving grace, Nick Nolte and Susanna Arquette were very good in the first segment. See more dave s 12/21/2022 New York Stories consists of three short films, all set in New York and each one directed by an American master. Martin Scorsese's Life Lessons feels and looks like a Scorsese movie – interesting characters, a probing camera perched on a swivel, a great music score, etc. – and starts things out on the right foot. Woody Allen closes things out with Oedipus Wrecks, a strong effort about a middle-aged Jewish man hounded by his mother, filled with crisp dialogue and solid performances. Things falter significantly with the middle piece, Life Without Zoe, by Francis Ford Coppola. It is irritating from the first frame to the last and feels more like a bad episode of an old Disney Channel show than it does something from the director of Apocalypse Now. The acting is brutal, as is the script and the story. Clearly, New York Stories is a mixed bag, but palatable if you can skip over Coppola's story. See more Shioka O 10/27/2022 Coppola's was dull, the other two I enjoyed as a short. All are high production quality. I think Woody Allen is the most effective in this type of project. See more stefano t 04/13/2021 I especially liked the last part, the one from Woody Allen. It was really funny. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons," Francis Coppola's "Life Without Zoe" and Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks."
Director
Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese
Producer
Barbara De Fina, Fred Fuchs, Robert Greenhut, Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins, Fred Roos
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 1989, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.6M
Runtime
2h 3m
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