New York, I Love You (2008)
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An anthology of eleven short films explores various stories of love set across the five boroughs of New York City.
The story
New York, I Love You is an anthology film featuring eleven short stories, each directed by a different filmmaker. The narratives are unified by the central theme of love and are set across the five boroughs of New York City. A unique structural element distinguishes it from its predecessor: a videographer is seen filming the various characters throughout the different segments, providing a connective thread across the diverse stories of the city.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film is an anthology consisting of eleven short films, each directed by a different filmmaker, all centered on the theme of love within the five boroughs of New York City. Unlike the previous film in the series, these shorts are linked by a videographer who films the characters. While the original cut for the Toronto International Film Festival included 14 shorts, two were removed for the wide release: 'These Vagabond Shoes' by Scarlett Johansson and 'Apocrypha' by Andrei Zvyagintsev, following negative feedback from a focus group.
- First release year
- 2008
- Runtime (minutes)
- 103
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Fatih Akin; Yvan Attal; Randall Balsmeyer; Allen Hughes; Shunji Iwai; Jiang Wen; Shekhar Kapur; Joshua Marston; Mira Nair; Natalie Portman; Brett Ratner
- Writers
- James C. Strouse · writer; Jeff Nathanson · writer; Natalie Portman · writer
- Cast and characters
- Bradley Cooper; Shia LaBeouf; Natalie Portman; Anton Yelchin; Hayden Christensen; Orlando Bloom; Irrfan Khan; Rachel Bilson; Chris Cooper; Andy García; Christina Ricci; John Hurt
- Genres
- romantic comedy-drama
- Themes
- love
- Premise and plot tags
- anthology
- Reception
- mixed reviews
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 37% · scale: approval rating · review count: 100; Rotten Tomatoes · score: 5.10 · scale: 10; Metacritic · score: 49 · scale: 100 · review count: 26
- Production trivia
- The film is a sequel of sorts to the 2006 film Paris, je t'aime.
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