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Crossing Delancey

1988

Joan Micklin Silver

Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé ...

6.0

280

Romance. Comedy Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"What makes 'Crossing Delancey' so appealing is the warm and leisurely way it arrives at its inevitable conclusion"
		Variety	"Unexpectedly enjoyable (...) To the credit of most of the actors, the sentimentality doesn’t sink the story."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] makes the mistake of creating characters who are interesting enough to make us care for them - and then denying them freedom of speech (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media	"A smart romantic-comedy that remains charming and fresh decades after it was made is a rare treat (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tony Sokol Den of Geek	"What makes it stand out are the leads (...) 'Crossing Delancey' is a cut above most romantic comedies because it is made with a low-budget mindset (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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