These tales are as highly designed as fashion layouts. But they’re as relaxing to thumb through as those NYT Magazine trend pieces…
The result is a dinner of appetizers that are individually tasty, if not completely satisfying.
Collectively they sum of the parts is not better than any given part, but axioms are a bore, and these parts hold their own just fine – m...
Slant Magazine October 11, 2009 If at first you partially succeed, repeat the formula.
Guardian February 3, 2011 If you’ve got a heart of treacle, an attention span of 15 minutes and can’t afford the air fare then there are worse ways to...
ReelViews October 14, 2009 Most of the segments are too short and slight to be considered more than inconsequential. They pass and are easily forgotten, although many of them...
online.wsj.com October 15, 2009 What’s remarkable here is the consistency of the mediocrity, the uniform fraudulence of the minipremises, the reliable awkwardness of such al...
Where’s the ethnic diversity? The cultural overflow? The dirt, the chaos, the cramped quarters, the people who look like us, rather than movi...
RogerEbert.com October 15, 2009 Inevitably, the film is a jumble sale, but you can make some nice discoveries.
Guardian February 7, 2011 A variety of wry, sentimental, mildly erotic tales that come over as pieces O Henry might have submitted to Playboy.
Toronto Star November 29, 2009 While many of the segments amuse, and rarely wear out their welcome (the average running time is eight minutes apiece), it rapidly becomes apparent...
It’s a bit too arty, and a bit too cute, but it charms and cajoles with the pluck of a native New Yorker.
Daily Telegraph February 3, 2011 This sequel to the superior Paris Je T’Aime is pleasant but inconsequential.
Chicago Reader October 30, 2009 The project is lush and seductive as a whole, though some segments are especially vibrant.
New York Post October 16, 2009 Yknow a collection of Gotham-themed shorts by international directors is in serious trouble when the most entertaining segment is directed by...
Inconsistency is the curse of the anthology film, but the entries in the omnibus New York, I Love You are united by their near-total lack of interest.
calendarlive.com October 16, 2009 Even the more predictable prove pleasurable.
USA Today October 15, 2009 If you’re not a stickler for consistency, this is an effective pastiche and tribute to one of the world’s most enticing cities.
Boston.com October 15, 2009 How could so ethnically and artistically diverse a field of filmmakers produce a work of such lifeless uniformity?
The spirit of inconsequential whimsy prevails throughout, with recurrent shots of traffic and the New York skyline helping blend different sensibil...
If nothing else, it brilliantly captures the moods and tempo of New York: its vibrant pulse, its energy, its ethnic diversity, its clamorous excite...
While some of the segments are well constructed, the overall quality is simply uneven, and the transitions between segments sometimes verge on the...
filmcomment.com November 17, 2013 At its best, it might be said that such a cinematic cacophony approximates the noise of Manhattan itself; but so much seems to be overlapping in th...
