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New York City Serenade (2009)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:1

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Chris Klein, Wallace Shawn, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Chris Klein, Wallace Shawn, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Director: Frank Whaley

Director: Frank Whaley
Screenwriter: Frank Whaley

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Doesn't break enough rules of the mid-1990's Sundance coming-of-age buddy template to bring any new insights to the bonds of male friendship.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
09/29/07
David D'Arcy
David D'Arcy
Screen International

The contrast is inviting, the emotional momentum is there, and the dramatic situations are ripe with potential...and then the viewer is faced with Klein, Prinze Jr., and Sigler doing all the heavy lifting. How deflating.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
03/16/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

Uninspired performances and a lack of chemistry fail to project whatever has brought and kept the film's odd couple together.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
03/12/09
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Suffers from mediocre performances and a contrived and silly screenplay that, ultimately, makes it falls flat as a drama, comedy and satire.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
03/07/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

One of those pointless indies that you'll have forgotten before the credits roll.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/06/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post

The overgrown boys at its center are so unappealing that the setting certainly won't make their trials worth your time.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
03/06/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

The movie is a character study about two underachieving dullards scarcely worth contemplating.

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03/06/09
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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The reason this 2007 drama has languished for so long could be that it’s a bromance whose moment has only now arrived; more likely, it’s because Frank Whaley’s lightweight slice of life is so crashingly ordinary.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
03/04/09
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out New York

...a well-intentioned effort...

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10/27/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Prinze's limited range as an actor drags down a spirited performance by Klein, but the script is too awful to give either of them much hope.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/06/07
Susan Green
Susan Green
Boxoffice Magazine

This ersatz Swingers attempts to tap into the male psyche as represented by a pair of one-note losers (played by Freddie Prinze Jr. and Chris Klein), but the self-absorbed film keeps playing the same, talky refrain.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/19/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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A series of sour notes.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/17/07
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Variety
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