Little Manhattan
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: September 30, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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88
TV Guide MagazineAllison Corneau
Sweetly sentimental story of young love. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
What a treasure - a funny, tart, romantic comedy about tweens suffering the pangs of first love. It makes the cityscape an essential part of the romance, like a junior, vintage Woody Allen. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
As in Allen's films, the extensive shooting -- mostly at locations in and around Central Park -- takes place in a whitebread world where the only person of color is Rosemary's nanny. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Small-scale, perfectly acted family film. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An endearing, affectionately humorous and even lyrical depiction of the dawning of adolescence amid the privileged, yet Jennifer Flackett's script, for all its sheen, is problematic. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna Smith
Not quite as nauseous as its plot might suggest, Little Manhattan is sassy as well as sweet. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
While the juvenile performances are bright and engaging, and there's no shortage of genuinely humorous observations about love and life in the Big Apple, there's an inescapable small-screen dynamic to the scope and rhythm of the production. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
At its best, there's a strong (albeit live-action) echo of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" in Little Manhattan. The movie's hero, Gabe, is a world-weary 10-year-old who addresses us in eloquent voice-overs. Like Charlie Brown, he's in love with a red-headed beauty. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Who is this movie's target audience, anyway? Preteens will be bored stupid, while adults are unlikely to want to revisit puppy love in such grueling detail. The lingering, soft-focus, slo-mo shots of Rosemary that punctuate the action suggest a constituency I'd rather not contemplate. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Resting almost entirely on the shoulders of its young leads, both they and the pic lack the sparkle to sustain what seeks to be a whimsical premise but, except for a few moments, proves ponderous instead. Read full review
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