Rating of
1.5/4
New York, New York review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 03/03/13
The story of a talented ill-tempered saxophonist Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro) and singer Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli). Lengthily musical which drags back and forth with the relationship aspect and musical numbers. Plot incoherent, scattered direction and dialogues were iffy. The director tries to stumble into unfamiliar territory after the spellbinding gem if Taxi Driver. Uninteresting characters and sudden sequences of song and dance sequences (When Francine's career takes off) just prolongs the story. This dull picture shows that Scorsese has faith in De Niro with the pairing of Minnelli, which in effect just fails. One will question at times as to what happened to Doyle during the "Happy Endings" song number, or how dumb Jimmy was the he treated hs pregnant wife. The only glimmer of hope to enjoying this flick was Robert De Niro's earnest portrayal. At least from every stumbling block one learns from his mistakes, and he returned to his roots, in the realms of crime related movies which brought him to legendary status in the medium of film. New York, New York is confusing and long, maybe loved by Minnelli advocates, but is definitely below par what the director is capable of.
