Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway (2008)

  • 81% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (432 ratings)

A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had in director Sean Baker's warmhearted tale of a life interrupted. Lucky makes his living by coaxing wary tourists… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By
Sean Baker
Written By
Sean Baker, Darren Dean
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 3, 2010 Limited
On DVD
Jan 1, 2011
Elephant Eye Films

Critic Reviews

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    It's an undeniably small yet almost indefinable film, warmhearted and bittersweet, laced with both humor and tough emotions.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    Off-formula and on-point, the story's emotional jabs are all the more poignant for their unpredictability.

  • Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

    The film seethes with naturalistic cred.

  • John Anderson, Variety

    Streetwise, kinetic and solidly dramatic.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A story just as counterfeit as the fake brand purses its characters are pushing.

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  • William D


    "Prince of Broadway" is an admirable but dull film. It heroically chronicles the hardscrabble life of poor immigrants in New York City, but it doesn't have much of a story to tell about them. Lucky, the main character, is an illegal immigrant (from Africa, it seems)… More

  • Rico Z


    Prince of Broadway tells the story of a "street rat" named Lucky. He's from Ghana and is living, illegally, in New York City and participating in the lucrative (for the wholesaler, not the street vendor), illegal, industry of selling counterfeit fashion merchandise.… More

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