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At a video store, Tommy meets grammar school teacher Maria
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Ashley is involved in an affair with considerably older married dentist
Griffin Ritso. Although he professes to love his mistress, the once divorced Griffin shies away from leaving his wife Annie Matthews for fear of being a two-time loser at matrimony. Eventually, Griffin's inability to commit to
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said: "In the world of this picture, just about everything people do with their clothes on is a sham, or at best some lame diversion between the spasms of real life that take place only in a bedroom. This may be the way very young adults think, but as a presentation of grown-ups,
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that focused on the film, Burns revealed he shot the film in only seventeen days, working with a budget of $ 1 million. Many of the locations used were within the same neighborhood in order to facilitate a quick move from one to the other.
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Annie is unhappy with her marriage but too moral to consider having an affair. She finds herself confiding in and flirting with one of her house-hunting clients — Tommy Reilly. Thus the circle is complete. She finally leaves
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entertainment news show by design rather than choice, and has stayed with it for the money rather than any professional satisfaction. Dumped by his live-in girlfriend without warning, he temporarily moves in with colleague Carpo, an aging
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the film holds an approval rating of 56% based of 94 reviews with an average rating of 5.50/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Though well-acted,
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is just weird. It's also, scene by scene, well acted and well written. Burns writes clever dialogue, and he knows how to work with actors."
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770:Clark, Mike (November 21, 2001).
712:Foundas, Scott (April 21, 2001).
547:Macauley, Scott (18 March 2011).
1060:2001 romantic comedy-drama films
1019:Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
1003:The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
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521:"Burns, Graham hit 'Sidewalks'"
1085:Films directed by Edward Burns
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1095:Films shot in New York City
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144:Buena Vista Film Sales
947:Sidewalks of New York
923:The Brothers McMullen
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840:Sidewalks of New York
829:Sidewalks of New York
818:Sidewalks of New York
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406:Sidewalks of New York
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223:is a 2001 American
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422:The New York Times
355:as Benjamin Bazler
327:Anatomy of a Scene
315:World Trade Center
311:Paramount Classics
309:three days later,
283:Real estate broker
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532:14 November
455:Woody Allen
445:Roger Ebert
291:documentary
180:108 minutes
57:Produced by
39:Directed by
1050:2001 films
1044:Categories
1011:Summertime
869:Metacritic
663:2012-04-02
634:2022-10-09
613:2022-10-09
591:2012-04-02
506:References
427:A.O. Scott
410:Metacritic
269:rock music
253:television
209:Box office
163:2001-11-21
49:Written by
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554:Filmmaker
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233:Manhattan
127:Edited by
68:Rick Yorn
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400:website
379:as Carpo
258:Lothario
249:producer
193:Language
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716:Variety
560:23 July
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324:series
196:English
185:Country
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