Production Year: 2000 - Drama - Director: Joan Chen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Elaine Stritch, Anthony La Paglia, Sherry Stringfield, Jill Hennessy, Mary Beth Hurt more
Following in a long tradition of Hollywood May-December romances, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK is the story of a pair who finds love when each least expects it. Will Keane (Richard Gere) is... more
autumn in New York. Richard Gere stars as restaurateur/lady's man Will, while Winona Ryder plays the airy-fairy, oh-too-delicate-for-this-world Charlotte. Will is...
Autumn In New York DVD
New York restaurateur Will Keane (Richard Gere) is an infamous verging-on-50 playboy ... more
master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding (Winona Ryder). Charlotte is half Will's age and tw...
Autumn In New York
New York restaurateur Will Keane (Richard Gere) is an infamous verging-on 50 playboy, ... more
master of the no-commitment seduction - until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding (Winona Ryder). Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life. Indulging his interest in Charlotte, Will expects another quick and easy romance. But nothing about Will and Charlotte's encounters are quick and easy; instead they are rife with intergenerational clashes, differing philosophies and an inexplicably urgent sense of sensuality and connection. Then just as Will attempts to escape from the relationship with his usual line of not promising forever, Charlotte provides a surprise response: she has her own reasons to believe things can't last. Shattering Will's preconceptions about women, sex and responsibility, real love - exhilarating, heartbreaking, enduring love - changes everything.
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A review by janharper on Autumn In New York (DVD) July 7th, 2001
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Indifferent to it
Story
Very ordinary
Characters / Performances
Unmemorable
Special Effects
Unmemorable
How does it compare to similar films?
Unmemorable
Advantages:
none
Disadvantages:
same old story
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
Full review
Take your tissues with you if you must go to see this film. It ends up squeezing out every emotion you ever had, so you would probably be better off if you didn't go.
This romantic drama is all about a love affair that happens in New York. Chef, Will Keane, played by Richard Gere, doesn't believe in forever. He just wants to sow his oats today and off he goes. Things change!
He meets an attractive young designer called Charlotte (Winona Ryder). She has been brought up by her bad tempered grandmother Dolly (Elaine Strich).
hE'S 44 and she's 22 but they don't see a problem. However, just about everybody else does. Dolly is very wary of this arrangement.
The pair of them carry on regardless but their happiness is spoilt when Charlotte is diagnosed with serious heart desease (that old chestnut!). She can have an operation but its not likely it will work and its risky so she decides not to have it.
There are some very sensual close-ups of the lovers and some beautiful, romantic scenery, including the falling leaves in New York's Central Park, but these lovers just seem convincing. It's hard to believe that this pair are in love as they just don't work well together.
The story drags on towards the end and really pushes every emotional buttonthe audience has at the end. There is lots 'wring out your hanky stuff' here and it goes over the top at times.
This is a very ordinary weepy type movie. The storyline isn't exactly original and Gere and Ryder are very badly cast as lovers. It's 105 minutes of tugging on the heartstrings.
I personally wouldn't recommend this film to anyone. There isn't anything bad enough in it for me to say it's awful, but its just not very special, if you know what I mean.
Wait until the DVD comes out if you are a Richard Gere fan and spend your money in the pub.
Advantages: On a rainy day, you'll be sitting in a dry place in the theater Disadvantages: Even Gere and Ryder fans can't possibly recommend this dreadful, shmaltzy flick
When MGM did announce that there weren't going to be any advance screenings of "Autumn In New York", rumors started spreading. Director Joan Chen's ("Xiu Xiu") second movie must be a dud. MGM's reasoning was that there are plot twists that needed protecting. I have to say that MGM has a point. I don't want to know the whole story before I go and see a movie, either. Hence, I won't tell you about that sacred plot twist.
Is "Autumn In New York" as ... ...likes Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, it sure is tough to say anything less than favourable about this movie. However, I have to say that how Allison Burnett got away with what looks like a first draft of a script is everybody's guess. There's absolutely no dramatic tension, the characters are stock characters with next to zero development, and the minor characters seem to be added to fluff the whole thing up so that this brittle skeleton of a story ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: cinematography Disadvantages: story, lack of chemistry between leads
I saw this 'tearjerker' on a flight coming back from New Zealand in February, and frankly I'd not given it a second thought since I saw an advert in the paper for it and thought 'my god, they've released it in the cinema?'. Frankly it's a straight to video, or straight to the TV to be honest.
However, with heavyweights like Richard Gere and Winona Ryder playing the leads, what else can you expect. Even Elaine Strich thrown in for good measure who ... ...the title) it starts with Ryder celebrating a twenty-something birthday and Gere then appears on the screen. He'd previously dated her late mother, and of course Granny (Strich) is less than happy when Gere starts pursuing Ryder. His reputation as a womanising self-centred restauranteur doesn't exactly make him family material, particularly when Ryder has a serious heart condition which means she'll be lucky to see out her twenties.
Of course there ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Romantic, interesting, you watch that film without having a breath Disadvantages: Sad end
Summary of the film (some information used from the back of the DVD):
Will Keane is the master of no-commitment seduction, until he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match; a free spirit experiencing the excitement of adult life for the first time. For Will, this was to be another quick and easy romance: but nothing about Will and Charlotte's encounters are quick and easy. Instead they are rife with intergenerational ... ...and connection.
My point of view for the film:
It’s a lovely romance taking part in luxurious and fascinating New York. Main parts of this film are Richard Geer and Guinona Rider. The story starts when a young girl (Guinona Rider) is meeting in her birthday party in a very posh restaurant the owner of the restaurant (Richard Geer), a man known around New York as one of the most successful rich men that many women would like to be their girlfriend. ...
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Plot: Will Keane, seems on the surface to be a shallow man who is eager to seduce the ladies, but unwilling to commit to a long-term relationship. All this changes when he meets up with Charlotte, a woman much younger than him, who is harbouring a sad secret...
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS, UCA; CINRAM LOGISTICS (SWINDON)
Following in a long tradition of Hollywood May-December romances, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK is the story of a pair who finds love when each least expects it. Will Keane (Richard Gere) is a successful restaurant owner and bachelor playboy with more "girlfriends" than he knows what to do with but no serious relationships. He meets Charlotte (Winona Ryder), the daughter of an old flame, and is immediately interested in her. The two develop a casual love affair, but Charlotte has a hidden secret: a terminal heart condition. As the unlikely pair continues the relationship, they grow closer than either could have imagined, proving that love is rarely convenient or easy. While struggling with his feelings toward Charlotte, Will also has to deal with a mystery woman (Vera Farmiga) who holds a secret from his past, and his own sense of mortality as he gets older. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK is an old-fashioned melodramatic love story that makes up for its familiar plot with glossy movie-star performances from Gere and Ryder, plus lush cinematography and elegant direction from actress-turned-director Joan Chen, whose touch makes New York City romantic in a unique and understated way.
Technical information
Special Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Interactive menu
Review: "...A film that is lovely to look at, capturing the New York cityscape with a tone and beauty last seen in director Woody Allen's MANHATTAN..." (Box Office, p.73, 01/10/2000)
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