Prince of Broadway

Name: Prince of Broadway
Genre: Drama
Released: September 3, 2010
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 61

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Elephant Eye Films | Release Date: September 3, 2010

Summary: Lucky, a street hustler selling counterfeit goods, has his world turned upside down when a child is thrust into his life by a woman who insists the toddler is his. (Elephant Eye Films)

Director: Sean Baker

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 100 min

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Josh Larsen

Feb 28, 2025

There is cuteness, to be sure, but also an honesty about dirty diapers, runny noses, and the sheer exasperation of the situation. Read full review

John Anderson

Streetwise, kinetic and solidly dramatic, Prince of Broadway is a convincingly character-driven tale set in a clandestine universe -- the realm of stolen and/or counterfeit fashions that exists in the no man's land of Manhattan's West 20s. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

The movie is sharp, charismatic and so light on its feet we never know which way it will turn. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Admirably resourceful, Prince of Broadway thrives in that increasingly fertile stylistic niche combining documentary and narrative aesthetics. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Chad Greene

With his cinema-verité treatment of baby-daddy drama in Prince of Broadway, Baker proves himself a worthy heir to the Italian neorealists of the '40s and '50s-capturing capably the desperation, and potential defeat, inherent in poverty. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

There's one crucial lesson that Baker hasn't absorbed, however: Don't get too caught up in plotting, especially when it involves a man warming to an unwanted child. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

It's not the freshest scenario, and Baker lets Lucky sputter and moan about his fate for so long that we wonder, as his sensible girlfriend does, why we're bothering with such undiluted dickness. Read full review

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TheKiddy

Apr 7, 2013

This film was so incredibly funny, laughing out loud funny, and sad and human and humane. The world of the film is carefully and honestly observed. There is hardly a sentimental moment in it. This may sound crazy (life is crazy though this film teaches us) but it reminded me of the moreThis film was so incredibly funny, laughing out loud funny, and sad and human and humane. The world of the film is carefully and honestly observed. There is hardly a sentimental moment in it. This may sound crazy (life is crazy though this film teaches us) but it reminded me of the more recent Rust and Bone. You would need to see both to know what I mean..… Expand

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raco2046

Oct 5, 2010

This is a good example of a mock-u-mentary gone good. With little resources, a good sense of space and character this little film can and does get across. It never looses rhythm even if most of the acting is really improvisational. A veritable try a documenting the life of hustlers inThis is a good example of a mock-u-mentary gone good. With little resources, a good sense of space and character this little film can and does get across. It never looses rhythm even if most of the acting is really improvisational. A veritable try a documenting the life of hustlers in Broadway, turns out to be of interest.… Expand

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