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Summary: Touched a nerve
Review: This movie draws you in from the beginning. The cinematography, the script, and the flawless acting combine to form a quality film that challenges opinions. The bulk of the criticisms are not related to the quality of the film, but to what many expect or want to see - very idiosyncratic.
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Summary: Not Awful, But.......
Review: After reading various reviews, I was really expecting this movie to be simply horrendous -- as horrendous as, say, the remake of A Love Affair To Remember starring Warren Beatty. In fact, it wasn't awful. Just terribly predictable. The shots of New York City are exquisite. Richard Gere and Winona Ryder work well together on the screen (though I have to say I've never been a big fan of Ryder's). But this story of a doomed love affair just had such a been-there-done-that feel about it from beginning to end that one could only wonder why the filmmakers didn't opt for some surprise twist in the old chestnut.Still, if you have nothing else to do one chilly wintery afternoon or evening, I would say go ahead and pop this film into the vcr, pore a cup of hot apple cider and indulge. For romantics this movie can serve like an appetizer until the real meaty entree comes along.:-(
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Summary: Awww Dumb In New York
Review: I'm not a terrible person by giving this one star. Too bad the story regarding poor young girls with heart defects that end up badly is only a story, and an immature one at best. I thought the story was simply ridiculous. I'm supposed to feel badly for poor, stupid Richard Gere, who cheats on this fine young thing because he didn't know what else to do. I have no sympathy for this guy who finally finds true love (still he cheats) and is left broken hearted. Also I find her very weak in taking him back, as if he's the catch of the world. He didn't even have to true very hard in order to win her back either. I don't feel bad for him because he is nearly 50 and shanking a 22 year old with a heart defect. NO! I also found stupid the fact that they go on one date and are professing their love toward each other. This movie appears to be geared to teenagers as well as written by one also. Last fact---her hats her ridiculous also and once they met didn't he have to work again----ever.
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Summary: Extremely underrated.
Review: I never did get all the negativity surrounding this movie, and having just seen it again recently, I have to say I still don't. I've never disagreed so strongly with seemingly widespread opinion like this before (not with it being negative and me being positive anyway), but I do disagree. With just about every criticism levelled at this wonderful film, which ended up being one of my favorites of 2000. I thought all of it - the acting, the directing, the cinematography, the story - everything about this film, was excellent. The unfairness of the frequent personal attacks aside (like against Richard Gere, or Allison Burnett, or any of the other talent involved in this film), I think the majority of complaints about this film are just mass negative-bandwagon jumping (and maybe some sort of Hollywood political idiocy). I'm a guy, and I normally don't like "chick flicks" at all, but I loved this one, and it was the first one I remember that got to me emotionally since "Terms of Endearment" back in 1983. It works in spades. If you haven't seen it yet, go into it with an open mind and don't let what seems to be mass opinion sway you before the initial credits roll. Judging from my own personal experience and acquaintances, there are plenty of folks that adore this film, they're just not as vocal. If I have any complaint about the film at all, it's with the editing mangling that MGM enforced on the film just prior to its semi-troubled release. It's quite readily apparent, even to the untrained eye. I sincerely wish I could one day see this movie as it was intended, via some Director's Cut release or such, even if I know that's not likely at this point. In any case, the cutting room antics have detracted somewhat from this great film, but certainly not enough to make it a bad one. To Ms. Chen, Ms. Burnett, Mr. Gere, Ms. Ryder, and the rest of this film's fine talent: thank you. Some of us really did get it. To the rest: see it if you haven't, and judge it on its own merits. It's extremely and unfairly underrated.
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Summary: Very Good Story!!!
Review: It is a very good movie, but the ending is a little bit sad. When I saw first the moives I thought the ending would turn out to be a happy ending, but I guess it wrong. Oh, well. But it is a very good movies and I will cherish it.
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Summary: My god!, what a poor movie
Review: I've seen the movie with my girlfriend, I thought it was gonna be a nice romantic movie. We almost fell asleep. If I could rate below 0 stars I would. Terrible acting, nothing happens, there's hardly any story. It's almost like you watch a long episode of " as the world turns". If you like drama, romance, better watch movies like: What dreams may come, or Deep end of the ocean, or the Story of us. Shame!
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Summary: Eye Candy, All Around
Review: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder and New York City all look great in this predictable and somewhat unrealistic movie. The restaurants, apartments and background locations are beautiful and enjoyable to see. However, Gere gives another uninspiring performance; Winona Ryder is a breath of fresh air but not enough to carry the entire movie. Watch it for the great scenes of New York in the fall.
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Summary: bland "Love Story" rehash
Review: `Autumn in New York' is strictly for the masochists among us who have been yearning these past 30 years for a tedious May/December update of `Love Story.' The theme of this film seems to be that there is nothing like a romantic fling with a beautiful-but-tragically-doomed young heroine to turn an unprincipled womanizer into a Man of Virtue. Winona Ryder plays a 22-year old woman, dying of a rare heart condition, who starts up an affair with a 48-year old restaurateur played by Richard Gere (it would appear that the filmmakers have seen fit to shave a few years off both their ages). The film deals with the absurdity of Gere's seemingly ageless, Dorian Gray-like good looks (a fact moviegoers have been noting for years) in rather an ingenious way. Rather than ignoring them, it brings them center stage, to the point where it seems like virtually every man, woman and child at some point or other sees fit to remark on them. This happens so often that the film begins to take on the air of a vanity production designed for the actor's own personal benefit. Even as a tearjerker this film isn't very effective. Neither Ryder nor Geer are particularly likable in these roles. In their first scenes, especially, both characters seem way too cloying and coy to engage the audience's sympathy. Without that initial foundation so crucial in a romantic film, we watch the drama unfold more as dispassionate observers than fully engaged participants - a death knell for any film of this type. Geer's Will Keane is not only impossibly good looking but his position as a bon vivant of the Manhattan social scene - he even has his picture adorning the cover of New York Magazine - hurtles him into that rarefied atmosphere which makes audience empathy impossible. We don't believe for a minute that he is the cad he is supposed to be in the earlier part of the film - and we find his transformation to doting lover equally incredible. As the dying heroine, Charlotte Fielding is so bland and uninteresting that she finally makes Ali MacGraw look like the Harvard student she was meant to be in the earlier film but could never convince us she was. Three-handkerchief weepies have never exactly been my cup of tea, but even diehard fans of the genre are likely to find both their tear ducts and their tissues distressingly dry at the end of this film.
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Summary: A missed opportunity.
Review: This film wasn't as bad as I expected, but it was one of those frustrating experiences where you felt they could have done so much more with the material. It almost seemed like they decided midway through the production to go traditional and forget about doing anything different. The movie turned for me during a taxicab sequence midway in the film. They took the safe route between the Gere and Ryder characters instead of going for something with more bite. Perhaps that was their intention all along, but it seemed like they had the material in place during the first half for something different. A commentary track on the DVD might have shed some light on things, but they didn't include one. They didn't include any extras at all. Definitely another minus if you like those things.
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Summary: Despite this ,I still love Ms.Chen & Ms.Ryder.
Review: I will be very very honest. I absolutely love Joan Chen and Winona Ryder, and I despise Mr.busybody,meddler,Gere with equal passion. With the truth out of the way, the main reason I purchase this DVD is beacause of the two ladies mentioned. Sadly speaking, the only saving grace for this movie is the wonderful cinematography of New York in autumn. As for the script, I just shake my head solemnly throughout the entire movie. As far as the DVD goes, quality is pretty good, the scenes are sharp and the audio is clear. While I always am intrigued by the idea of relationships between young women and older men. This movie is too pretentious with tiresome melodramatic script and even a sad, terminally ill Wynona couldnt help to pull this movie out of the pit. If you wanna see good movies by Wynona Ryder, one came to mind. "Girl interrupted" is excellent. If you wanna see gorgeous direction of Joan Chen, "Xiu Xiu, the sent down girl" is truly excellent and it depict a far more better, heartbreaking relationship of a younger girl with an older man. For those who enjoy the hypocritical Richard's never ending parade of his Armani suits collections and GQ poses, then perhaps you might enjoy this movie. Comparatively, with "Autumn in New York", I will much prefer "Sleepless in Seattle" & 'You've got mail" anytime, which is much more fun, and also, portray a charming New York. At least Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan have cute & sizzling chemistry...well...my opinion, that is.
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