Cross-dressing, hoity poity uppity yuppy wannabe con artists, writers and high-pitched closet singers- it's all there in New York, New York...unfortunately! A Woody-Allenesque film without the stuttering.
You gotta hand it to Kevin Kline! He is the consummate chameleon, portraying roles you'd think other actors better suited, but imbuing them with his own dash of madness that other actors wouldn't have dared. Accompanied by Dano and Reilly doing their best to keep up, in roles that also seem above their capacity, and yet weirdly snugly fit.
Big cities in any nation have their fair share of bizarro folks, but none so aplenty as NY, as many films attest. In this one birds of a feather seem to attract each other and cause all manner of confusion. Self-love is the theme running through it, and its' extremes in the main three characters: the egotistical, rude one; the self-loathing confused trans; and the emotionless drone that lives downstairs. Through their irregular vision we see the pompous, the insecure, and the motherly in a variety of female characters. Warped and beautiful, just like the city they inhabit! "So there we are. Where are we?" as H. Harrison says!
You gotta hand it to Kevin Kline! He is the consummate chameleon, portraying roles you'd think other actors better suited, but imbuing them with his own dash of madness that other actors wouldn't have dared. Accompanied by Dano and Reilly doing their best to keep up, in roles that also seem above their capacity, and yet weirdly snugly fit.
Big cities in any nation have their fair share of bizarro folks, but none so aplenty as NY, as many films attest. In this one birds of a feather seem to attract each other and cause all manner of confusion. Self-love is the theme running through it, and its' extremes in the main three characters: the egotistical, rude one; the self-loathing confused trans; and the emotionless drone that lives downstairs. Through their irregular vision we see the pompous, the insecure, and the motherly in a variety of female characters. Warped and beautiful, just like the city they inhabit! "So there we are. Where are we?" as H. Harrison says!