Moscow on the Hudson
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again.
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, wal...
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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1984
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A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
4 Jun 1984
Country:
US
Languages:
Russian, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$25,100,000
Awards:
2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Moscow would be in a lot of trouble without a superbly sensitive portrayal by Robin Williams of a gentle Russian circus musician who makes a sudden decision to defect while visiting the US.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Where it scores so highly is not only in its ability to evoke Vladimir's astonishment at the bizarre, sometimes brutal texture of New York life, but also in the generosity it extends to the musician's sad predicament.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
It made me feel good to be an American, and good that Vladimir Ivanoff was going to be one, too.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
Mr. Mazursky's fictional conceits do not do justice to Vladimir or to his situation, either in the Soviet Union or this country.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003