The Last New Yorker (2010)
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45% of critics liked it
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43% of users liked it
(76 ratings)
Lifelong friends Lenny Sugarman (Dominic Chianese) and Ruben Liebner (Dick Latessa), both in their 70s, both dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, barely recognize the Manhattan of their youth. The city they've loved for decades has become a playground for the too-rich; their places, the ones… More Lifelong friends Lenny Sugarman (Dominic Chianese) and Ruben Liebner (Dick Latessa), both in their 70s, both dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, barely recognize the Manhattan of their youth. The city they've loved for decades has become a playground for the too-rich; their places, the ones they've frequented for years, are now refuges from a changing world they're increasingly unable to keep up with. When Lenny-a lone schemer all his life-finally gets in over his head, he decides to seek the one thing he's never had: true love. But to achieve it, he may have to abandon the only place he's ever known.THE LAST NEW YORKER is a tale of friendship, love and the world's greatest city -- and how all three keep us young and make us feel alive. The film also stars Kathleen Chalfant and Josh Hamilton, and a host of renowned New York character actors including Joe Grifasi, Ben Hammer, Sylvia Kauders, and Gerry Vichi. Directed by acclaimed NYC filmmaker, documentarian, and photographer Harvey Wang. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Harvey Wang
- Written By
- Adam Forgash
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 2010 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 19, 2011
- Studio
- Brink Films
Critic Reviews
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Wang tracks his guys like the documentarian he is, and if the movie feels a bit canned thanks to Adam Forgash's unoriginal script, classic NYC spots and a big heart make it feel like home.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
The best thing about The Last New Yorker is its evocation of the relentless speed with which the city tears down and rebuilds itself.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Adam Forgash's script is a generic collection of schmaltz and implausibility...
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
There were reasons to hope that The Last New Yorker would be better than this.
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Andrew Grant, Time Out New York
The Last New Yorker offers not just a rare portrait of urban septuagenarians, but one without a hint of dewy-eyed nostalgia.
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Cast
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Dominic Chianese
as Lenny Sugarman
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Dick Latessa
as Ruben Liebner
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Kathleen Chalfant
as Mimi Hotchkiss
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Josh Hamilton
as Zach Sugarman
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Joe Grifasi
as Jerry
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Ben Hammer
as Moses Weiss
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Sylvia Kauders
as Miriam Weiss
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Gerry Vichi
as Lou Fishman
- Ann Hu
- Catherine Lloyd Burns
- Jen Jones
- Kate Buddeke
