New York Stories
1989 · Movie · PG · 124 min · ★ 6.2 · 69% critics
This anthology follows three separate New York City tales about love, ambition, and everyday neuroses. Across the segments, a struggling artist wrestles with a messy relationship, a privileged child faces loneliness in a luxury hotel, and a grown man finds his overbearing parent becoming an impossible-to-ignore public presence.
Also known as Life Without Zoe · Oedipus Wrecks · Life Lessons
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-03-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (408 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy anthology movies with big mood swings, mixing intense relationship drama with oddball, neurotic comedy; Not for you if you want one connected story or consistent tone like Alice.
Pros: standout first segment; witty surreal comedy; strong performances | Cons: very uneven quality; middle story drags; some jokes feel silly
Themes
- hotel
- new york city
- mother
- jealousy
- robbery
- gallery
- obsession
- assistant
- artist
- anthology
- lawyer
- art
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Nick Nolte
as Lionel Dobie
Rosanna Arquette
as Paulette
Patrick O'Neal
as Phillip Fowler
Mae Questel
as Mother
Steve Buscemi
as Gregory Stark
Talia Shire
as Charlotte
Giancarlo Giannini
as Claudio
Heather McComb
as Zoe
Don Novello
as Hector
- JN
Jenny Nichols
as Lundy
Directed by Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola