New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	see below
Produced by	Emmanuel Benbihy Marina Grasic
Written by	see below
Starring	see below
Music by	Tonino Baliardo Nicholas Britell Paul Cantelon Mychael Danna Ilhan Ersahin Jack Livesey Shoji Mitsui Mark Mothersbaugh Peter Nashel Atticus Ross Leopold Ross Claudia Sarne Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography	Jean-Louis Bompoint Benoît Debie Paweł Edelman Mark Lee Ping Bin Michael McDonough Andrij Parekh Declan Quinn Mauricio Rubinstein
Editing by	Jennifer Augé Tricia Cooke Jacob Craycroft Affonso Gonçalves Mark Helfrich Shunji Iwai Allyson C. Johnson Melody London Cindy Mollo Craig McKay
Distributed by	Vivendi Entertainment Palm Pictures[1]
Release date(s)	October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16)[2]
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States France
Language	English Russian Yiddish Gujarati Cantonese French
Budget	$14,000,000
Box office	$8,049,666 [3]

New York, I Love You is a 2009 romance film released in the United States on October 16, 2009. From the producer of Paris, je t'aime, it stars an ensemble cast, among them Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Anton Yelchin, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Irrfan Khan, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Andy García, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Cloris Leachman, Robin Wright Penn, Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke and James Caan. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008.

Plot

New York, I Love You is a collective work of eleven short films, with each segment running around 10 minutes long. Some of the actors have international status (Natalie Portman, Shia LaBeouf, Hayden Christensen, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Uğur Yücel, Irrfan Khan, James Caan, and Christina Ricci) with each shooting their part in one of New York's five boroughs. Similar to the previous film, Paris, je t'aime, the shorts presented together may interweave slightly; however, they will all tie into the common theme of finding love. New York, I Love You is the second episode of the Cities of Love franchise created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy.

Cast and crew

Following is the full cast and crew of ten segments of New York, I Love You with the transition part directed by Randy Balsmeyer:^[4]

Segment	Director	Writer	Actors
01	Jiang Wen	Hu Hong & Meng Yao Adaptation: Israel Horovitz	Hayden Christensen as Ben Andy García as Garry Rachel Bilson as Molly
02	Mira Nair	Suketu Mehta	Natalie Portman as Rifka Malone Irrfan Khan as Mansuhkhbai
03	Shunji Iwai	Adaptation: Israel Horovitz	Orlando Bloom as David Cooler Christina Ricci as Camille
04	Yvan Attal	Olivier Lecot	Maggie Q as Call Girl Ethan Hawke as Writer Chris Cooper as Alex Robin Wright Penn as Anna
05	Brett Ratner	Jeff Nathanson	Anton Yelchin as Boy James Caan as Mr. Riccoli Olivia Thirlby as Actress Blake Lively as Gabrielle DiMarco
06	Allen Hughes	Xan Cassavetes & Stephen Winter	Bradley Cooper as Gus Drea de Matteo as Lydia
07	Shekhar Kapur	Anthony Minghella	Julie Christie as Isabelle John Hurt as Bellhop Shia LaBeouf as Jacob
08	Natalie Portman	Natalie Portman	Taylor Geare as Teya Carlos Acosta as Dante Jacinda Barrett as Maggie
09	Fatih Akin	Fatih Akin	Uğur Yücel as Painter Shu Qi as Chinese herbalist Burt Young as Landlord
10	Joshua Marston	Joshua Marston	Eli Wallach as Abe Cloris Leachman as Mitzie
transition	Randy Balsmeyer	Hall Powell, Israel Horovitz & James Strouse	Emilie Ohana as Zoe, the Video Artist Eva Amurri as Sarah Justin Bartha as Sean

Reception

Critical reaction

The film has received mixed reviews from critics.^[5] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 39% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 50 reviews with an average score of 6/10.^[6] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from 100 reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 49% based on 23 reviews.^[5]

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B regarding the film "takes the wrinkle-free, easy-travel concept first executed in the 2007 Gallic compilation Paris, je t'aime to a new city and styles itself..."^[7] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars saying in his review, "By its nature, "New York, I Love You" can't add up. It remains the sum of its parts."^[8] At the Movies critic A.O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review claiming "Not that the 11 shorts in New York, I Love You are all that bad. It's a nice-looking city, after all, even if the interstitial skyline and traffic montages assembled by Randy Balsmeyer are about as fresh as the postcards on sale in Times Square."^[9] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film 1 star claiming "there were two additional segments that have since been cut. So you'll have to wait for the DVD to see just how bad Scarlett Johansson's directing debut is."^[10]

Erica Abeel of Hollywood Reporter writes "New York, I Love You continues the Cities of Love series that began with Paris, je t'aime far surpassing it. (...) The vignettes are tied together into a single feature through a recurrent character, a videographer who interacts with the other characters. And transitional elements -- choreographed by 11th director Randy Balsmeyer -- move the viewer from one world to another, uniting all these intimate stories into a single shimmering fabric."^[11] "With younger, less-tested directing talent, the film plays down the delineation between one director's work and another, opting to blend them through loosely interconnected characters here and there. As opposed to its directing roster, however, the cast boasts quite a few big names, all of which lend a surprising amount of authenticity to these funny, imaginative little stories,"^[12] explains Heidi Patalano of Metro NY giving the film a 4 grade out of 5. Claudia Puig of USA Today explains that anthologies are by their very nature an uneven entity and adds "The multicultural emphasis - both in characters and in the unusual selection and collaboration of filmmakers and artists - is one of New York, I Love You's main assets. And there's no question that Manhattan looks ever-vibrant and beautiful."^[13]

Box office

The film grossed $1,588,015 in the United States.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://new.umusic.com/News.aspx?NewsId=615
2. ^ New York, I Love You in October
3. ^ ^{a b} http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyorkiloveyou.htm
4. ^ (DVD) New York, I Love You. Vivendi Entertainment. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "New York, I Love You (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nyiloveyou. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
6. ^ "New York, I Love You Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/new_york_i_love_you/. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
7. ^ "New York, I Love You Review - Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. 2009-10-16. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20312202,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
8. ^ "New York, I Love You Review - Roger Ebert". Chicago Sun-Times. 2009-10-14. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/REVIEWS/910149995. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
9. ^ Scott, A. O. (2009-10-16). "Manhattan Is for Lovers: Two by Two by Two by ...". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/movies/16newyork.html?ref=movies. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
10. ^ Lumenick, Lou (2009-10-16). "Big Applesauce". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/big_applesauce_LhETdSdVyJ5r0CbvJLlWoI. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
11. ^ "New York, I Love You Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 2009-10-05. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/new-york-i-love-you-film-review-1004018717.story. Retrieved 2009-10-05. ^{[dead link]}
12. ^ "'New York' falls to beautiful pieces". Metro NY. 2009-10-15. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/16/03/0559-82/index.xml. Retrieved 2009-10-15. ^{[dead link]}
13. ^ Puig, Claudia (2009-10-15). "New York, I Love You harbors surprises as well as the sub-par". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-10-15-new-york-i-love-you_N.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 

External links

• New York, I Love You - Official Website
• New York, I Love You at the Internet Movie Database
• New York, I Love You at AllRovi
• New York, I Love You at Rotten Tomatoes
• "Cities of Love Franchise website"