Union Square

Released Jul 13, 2012

1 hr. 20 min.

Drama

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64%

28 Reviews

Tomatometer

35%

250+ Ratings

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Two long-estranged sisters (Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard) learn to overcome their differences when one, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, unexpectedly shows up at the other's Manhattan apartment.

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Nancy Savoca's film never quite allows it's audience to decide if it is OK to laugh or if we should feel ashamed. This thin line between dark comedy and dark drama is the gateway to Savoca's point. The film seems a bit slight, but it lingers with you. This is the kind of filmmaking it would be nice to see more of -- a realistic story about human damage that is brave enough to present these life challenges as something we must learn to deal with, live through and make the most of it. In a strange way, this movie approaches cinematic "truth" in a realism that actually makes sense. Mira Sorvino is the film's center. She is so incredibly true and realistic in her performance -- it would almost be easier for the viewer if she had pushed her realism just a little over-the-top. Lucky for us, Sorvino isn't that kind of actor. She is quietly brilliant and like her director, she's not going to offer an easy way out of the complications of family life. The film comes very close to being just shy of amazing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Mira Sorvino in a role that matches her Oscar winning one from that woody allen film in the 90's, Tammy Blanchard anda wonderful and intense cameo by none other than Patti Lupone. Chick Flick - yeah..and I fucking ate it up!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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2/5 --- Started out with the almost exact premise as "Blue Jasmine", Mira Sorvino [who even looks like Cate Blanchett and both have been in Woody Allen movies] stars as the crazy neurotic older sister who needs to stay over at her younger more stable sister's apartment she as gets her life back together. Some strange sequences, not see what was happened or said/mumbled...a couple decent emotional scene but overall just jumbled.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Interesting movie about family and reconciliation.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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william s

Character driven drama with each actress up to the task.....the ending rang alittle hollow with all the surpressed anger that was built up between the two but overall not bad.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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A straightforward telling of a story that sometimes surprises you, even when the film feels uneven. Mira Sorvino is very good.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Nancy Savoca

Director

Mira Sorvino

Lucy

Tammy Blanchard

Jenny

Mike Doyle

Bill

Michael Rispoli

Nick

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Sara

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Nick Schager

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Lucy's general unpleasantness is a hurdle the film can't clear.

Rated: 4.4/10

Aug 16, 2012

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Kerry Lengel

Arizona Republic

It is intended for an audience that is willing to take a journey without knowing the destination.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 16, 2012

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John Anderson

Newsday

The kind of character-driven movie about whacked-out characters we need more of (the characters and the movies).

Rated: 3/4

Jul 19, 2012

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

At a running time of 80 minutes, Union Square runs into some threadbare patches, but nothing that isn't quickly dissipated by a passionately endearing performance from Sorvino.

Jul 25, 2019

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

"Union Square" isn't nearly as overwhelming as a whole, but it's a fun enough diversion, emphasis on that last part for this story where everyone's got something to hide.

Dec 21, 2018

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Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

A half-sketched tale of familial floundering, Union Square is a suffocating and pantomimed drama that makes an especially unconvincing and headlong dive into sentimentality in its finale.

Rated: C

Sep 26, 2012

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Synopsis

Two long-estranged sisters (Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard) learn to overcome their differences when one, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, unexpectedly shows up at the other's Manhattan apartment.

Director: Nancy Savoca
Screenwriter: Mary Tobler, Nancy Savoca
Distributor: Dada Films, Required Viewing
Production Co: Armian Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $44.8K