It's the hot days and nights in New York City. Various characters have gathered around a stoop to a Lower East Side tenement building.
On the one hand, I love the opening street scenes. I love the grittiness of old New York. I love the idea of a New York street story over a night's time. The problem starts with so many characters. It's hard to follow who's who and what's what. I'm looking for a lead character or at least, a lead character for a story section. Rose must be that lead and it should be concentrating on her from start to finish. In the end, it's interesting but not as compelling as it needs to be.
On the one hand, I love the opening street scenes. I love the grittiness of old New York. I love the idea of a New York street story over a night's time. The problem starts with so many characters. It's hard to follow who's who and what's what. I'm looking for a lead character or at least, a lead character for a story section. Rose must be that lead and it should be concentrating on her from start to finish. In the end, it's interesting but not as compelling as it needs to be.