Crossing Delancey (1988) 6.6
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker. Director:Joan Micklin Silver |
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Crossing Delancey (1988) 6.6
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker. Director:Joan Micklin Silver |
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| Peter Riegert | ... |
Sam Posner
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Reizl Bozyk | ... | |
| Jeroen Krabbé | ... |
Anton Maes
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| Sylvia Miles | ... |
Hannah Mandelbaum
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George Martin | ... |
Lionel
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| John Bedford Lloyd | ... |
Nick
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Claudia Silver | ... |
Cecilia Monk
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| David Hyde Pierce | ... |
Mark
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| Rosemary Harris | ... |
Pauline Swift
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Suzzy Roche | ... |
Marilyn Cohen
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| Amy Wright | ... |
Ricki
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| Faye Grant | ... |
Candyce
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| Deborah Offner | ... |
Karen
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| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... |
Myla Bondy
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Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
Izzy (Amy Irving) is a talented bookstore employee in New York City. Although it is a low paying position, she rubs elbows with some of the finest writers in the country, by setting up book talks. Despite her success, she is in her thirties and is not married. Izzy is fine with this but her Jewish grandmother is appalled that her sweet relative does not have a husband. Therefore, grandmother arranges for a matchmaker to search out some candidates for Izzy. The first one is a pickle vendor! What was grandma thinking?
This film, set partly in an old, traditional Jewish neighborhood in Manhattan, is a movie fan's delight. Irving, charming and pretty, sails right through her role with absolute believability. The rest of the cast is just perfect, including an early role for David Hyde Pierce. What a wonder, also, to get a glimpse of a preserved neighborhood, where time moves slowly. Those who adore romantic comedies must not put a viewing of this movie off any longer. Try catching it at the library or video store today.