The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

Very well executed

Let's be realistic.

A Disappointing Continuation

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Movie has a beautiful and new story ... not entirely new but well done with a convincing ending

What you need to know from me is simple: it's perfectly acted it's well written well cast, oh so well cast the first movie i've seen where new york matters without being involved in the plot the rest is personal, if you don't like it you don't care about the content of it. It's proficient on every level, and it's weirdly and randomly relevant to me. You don't know me, so give it a watch in case it's the same for you.

The good news about The Only Living Boy in New York is that it features an A-list supporting cast who are consistently appealing and engaging. It also features some great cinematography and lovely NYC locations.What it totally lacks is an engaging narrative. The title reeks of "coming of age" but there is no discovery or awakening here. The lead character, a millennial nitwit whose name I do not remember, is mired in post-high school inertia, but there is nothing here to suggest that he's actually struggling with that inertia. Rather, he seems content in his inertia, which leaves the narrative with nowhere to go.But this is largely due to the casting of this Callum fellow. (Sorry, I do not recall his last name and I don't care enough to open a new browser window and look it up.) Once upon a time there was a highly touted you actor named Josh Hartnett, who was incredibly dull, and lifeless, and, well, inert, who has blessedly disappeared from cinema...and this Callum fellow seems to be his clone. He excels at posturing, but to repeat a hackneyed current term - there's no there there. Inert. Boring. The exact opposite of engaging. On top of which his romantic opposite is Kate Beckinsale - undeniably beautiful, but also undeniably cold. There is a reason that the centerpiece of her acting career has been playing (repeatedly) a vampire, and that is the same reason why she does not appeal as a romantic lead. To touch her is to be frozen in ice.Whoops - Callum Turner. I didn't have to Google it. It's printed just on the left of this web page. Callum Turner. Please, pass him by in future castings.Inertia does not cinema make.

i thought i was watching a movie with what i saw was a great cast before i turned up;, but i saw a great cast, great scrip, and good enough directing. u wanna have a bet on who will not cry first before the end of a movie? it s this movie or el mar a fondo. emotions only come to the second half but they hit u like a brick, and you feel them no matter how tough you are. what does keep you going in the first half is knowing the narator is forgetting a part of the story. sorry i took so long to see the movie, i thought it would be something else. the only negative critic i can make is that: u sold it it for something it wasn't (trailer is bad). u will love it no matter how dumb, smart, romantic, cold, funny, or sarcastic you are. if you don't like it, u may say it s corny sometimes, but life is corny all the time and they do well to depict it. i thought the accents were all great eccept brosman who had a problem when we all know he can do American (director s fault i think). but the directore killed it on editing and we saw a lot of emotional scenes, so what else do we need?