Rotten
One of those pointless indies that you'll have forgotten before the credits roll.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
New York City Serenade
Good friends are hard to find.
2007 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Frank Whaley
Overview
Two down on their luck childhood friends struggle to figure out their lives. Ray a drummer in a rock and roll band, and Owen an aspiring film maker spend most of their time working menial jobs and drinking. When Owen's fiancé Lynn breaks off their engagement he finds himself spiraling, and allows Ray to come along with him to a two bit film festival he has been invited to in Kansas. There Owen makes several attempts to patch up his relationship, while Ray scams them into a deluxe suite at the local Four Seasons hotel by posing as Wally Shawn's son (who happens to be receiving a lifetime achievement award) and generally causes a major ruckus. By the end, Owen decides to make some changes in their relationship and in his life.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The overgrown boys at its center are so unappealing that the setting certainly won't make their trials worth your time.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
The movie is a character study about two underachieving dullards scarcely worth contemplating.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Rotten
The reason this 2007 drama has languished for so long could be that it's a bromance whose moment has only now arrived; more likely, it's because Frank Whaley's lightweight slice of life is so crashingly ordinary.
Ben Walters, Time Out New York
Rotten
This ersatz Swingers attempts to tap into the male psyche as represented by a pair of one-note losers (played by Freddie Prinze Jr. and Chris Klein), but the self-absorbed film keeps playing the same, talky refrain.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
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