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New York Stories

1989

Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola ...

Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Patrick O'Neal ...

6.5

10,332

Drama. Comedy A brilliant, selfish painter has a difficult relationship with an aspiring artist (Martin Scorsese’s Life Lessons). A millionnaire child is determined to bring her always absent parents back together again (Francis Ford Coppola’s Life Without Zoe). A magician makes a lawyer’s dominating mother disappear, only to reappear in the Manhattan sky to continue sticking her nose into everyone’s life (Woody Allen’s Oedipus Wreck). Three stories ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Brown The Washington Post	"A novel and fascinating foray into highly stylized, highly personal filmmaking."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] consists of three films, one good, one bad, one disappointing (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Two out of three aint bad. It's a privilege to see Scorsese and Allen firing so well, but Coppola's rut continues (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"[It] features episodes from Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola, but Allen's contribution is the only one that can be counted as a genuine success."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"[It] is the work of three major directors and three superb cinematographers, too."	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"I love all three filmmakers, but only Scorsese sticks the landing with his chapter"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It's still too early to tell whether the cheering New York Stories will be a box-office hit, but one can hope."	POS

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