Metropolitan

Name: Metropolitan
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: August 3, 1990
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Carolyn Farina, Chris Eigeman, Edward Clements

1990

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 3, 1990 | PG-13

Starring: Carolyn Farina, Chris Eigeman, Edward Clements

Summary: A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Director: Whit Stillman

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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Amy Dawes

Metropolitan succeeds on several levels, offering rich, sparkling dialog, distinct characters and an intriguing peek into a seldom seen milieu. Read full review

Jaime N. Christley

Metropolitan celebrates and mourns the specific character of a place and time, youthful associations and crushes, a toolkit of values, even if those values are not exactly shared by, say, housewives in Duluth and auto mechanics in Albuquerque. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Not very much happens in Metropolitan, and yet everything that happens is felt deeply, because the characters in this movie are still too young to have perfected their defenses against life. Read full review

Rita Kempley

All canapes and haute bourgeoisie, it is a smart comedy of conversation, like "My Dinner With Andre" but with eight place settings. Read full review

Josh Larsen

What’s more, the literary and philosophical bon mots are not only name drops, but instead woven into the story in meaningful ways. Unfortunately, a male, heterosexual paranoia underlines the plot proper and ultimately usurps the unsatisfying finale, making Metropolitan an intriguing debut rather than a triumphant one. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Instead of a full-bodied comic portrait of the coming-out-party set, Metropolitan offers a thin, cartoon version. Then it uses that cartoonishness to make everyone on-screen seem irresistibly cute. Read full review

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