The Last New Yorker

2007
Not Rated
1h 30min

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Kathleen Chalfant and Dominic Chianese in The Last New Yorker (2007)

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 theyÂ’ve loved for decades has become a playground for the too-rich; their places, the ones theyÂ’ve frequented for years, are now refuges from a changing world theyÂ’re increasingly unable to keep up with. When LennyÂ—a lone schemer all his lifeÂ—finally gets in over his head, he decides to seek the one thing heÂ’s never had: true love. But to achieve it, he may have to abandon the only place heÂ’s ever known.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueLenny (Chianese) is a small-time investor who's always managed by rolling the dice on Wall Street, but he just can't keep up with the times. When his luck finally runs out, his best friend R... Tout lireLenny (Chianese) is a small-time investor who's always managed by rolling the dice on Wall Street, but he just can't keep up with the times. When his luck finally runs out, his best friend Ruben (Latessa) hatches a plan to get them both out of town. But Lenny's not going anywhere... Tout lireLenny (Chianese) is a small-time investor who's always managed by rolling the dice on Wall Street, but he just can't keep up with the times. When his luck finally runs out, his best friend Ruben (Latessa) hatches a plan to get them both out of town. But Lenny's not going anywhere. He's got two last rolls of the dice: one for the money, and one for the love of a beauti... Tout lire

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A big heart in the Big Apple

No, it's not "Paths of Glory," "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens," or any of the other half-dozen things one of the other reviewers here evidently wishes it were. But it is something I haven't seen in a while – an honest film about aging and the challenges of moving beyond regrets and missed opportunities toward mature self-fulfillment.

The modest, and I think successful, ambition of Wang's film is to tell a story about the kinds of New Yorkers we don't often see on screen these days against the backdrop of a changing city that no longer offers them the opportunities of days past.

Main character Lenny is moving toward a very literal dead end, facing the prospects of financial ruin and perpetual loneliness, until he meets Mimi and glimpses a way out of the trap his life has become.

For me, the beauty of the film is that it does not at this point become a conventional valentine to December romance, but instead offers a gentle commentary on the meaning of true friendship and finding the courage to move with dignity into life's later stages. The ending may strike some as a bit fanciful, but it makes sense in light of the film's gradual revelation of the real relationship at the heart of the story.

"The Last New Yorker" has a generous spirit, and I would definitely recommend it to those looking for a breather from the standard preconceptions of movie love in the big city.