An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film 2 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Martin Scorsese's New York, New York never pulls itself together into a coherent whole, but if we forgive the movie its confusions we're left with a good time.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
Why should a man of Mr. Scorsese's talent be giving us what amounts to no more than a film buff's essay on a pop-film form that was never, at any point in film history, of the first freshness?
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Scorsese's tribute/parody/critique of the MGM musical is a razor-sharp dissection of the conventions of both meeting-cute romances and rags-to-riches biopics.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
In a final burst from Old Hollywood, Minnelli tears into the title song and it's a wowser.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
If this movie were a big-band arrangement, it would be a duet for a sax man and a girl singer, but with the soloists in a different key from the band.