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Downtown: A Street Tale

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Downtown: A Street Tale (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 3  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Synopsis: Chad Allen and Genevieve Bujold star in this drama about homeless teenagers who've bonded together through their trials on the streets. Domenica Cameron Scorsese, daughter of director Martin Scorsese, also stars. Chad Allen and Genevieve Bujold star in this drama about homeless teenagers who've bonded together through their trials on the streets. Domenica Cameron Scorsese, daughter of director Martin Scorsese, also stars. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Chad Allen, Genevieve Bujold, Burt Young, Joey Dedio, John Savage

Director: Rafal Zielinski

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1.5/4

Amounts to little more than a downbeat soap opera.

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05/22/07
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald
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2/5

As maudlin and overly familiar as it is earnest.

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05/11/07
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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2/4

[Director] Zielinski's attempts at serving up grunge and grittiness largely fall flat. Scenes of sex and drug use are typically accompanied by a swooning and intrusive soundtrack.

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05/11/07
Evan Henerson
Los Angeles Daily News
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Clichéd though it may be, this movie was clearly made with love.

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05/10/07
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly
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2.5/5

We’re asked to invest in too many characters; on the other hand, aside from Bujold, there’s no one you want or need to know more about.

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04/27/07
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine
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Many actors have written far worse debut scripts, and except for one shot...it all comes off grungy and sad and cold-as-concrete unromanticized.

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04/23/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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3/6

As Downtown plods toward its Christmas Eve–set climax, the film’s tendency to OD on melodrama detracts from its grittier moments.

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04/21/07
Erin Clements
Time Out New York
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2.5/4

Veteran actress Bujold's powerful, unaffected performance is the anchor that keeps the film's episodic subplots from spinning off into chaos.

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04/20/07
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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1.5/4

Earnest intentions can't begin to save this clumsy cautionary tale about teens and twentysomethings trying to survive on the mean streets of Manhattan.

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04/20/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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2.5/5

A hackneyed melodrama partly redeemed by a cast convinced that it’s performing Tennessee Williams.

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04/20/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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