Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Melanie Mayron | ... | Susan Weinblatt | |
Eli Wallach | ... | Rabbi Gold | |
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Adam Cohen | ... | Bar Mitzvah Boy |
Anita Skinner | ... | Anne Munroe | |
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Jean De Baer | ... | Terry |
Christopher Guest | ... | Eric | |
Nancy Mette | ... | Denise | |
Kenneth McMillan | ... | Cabbie | |
Bob Balaban | ... | Martin | |
Albert Rogers | ... | Hair Dresser | |
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Jane Anderson | ... | Omega Receptionist |
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Gina Rogak | ... | Julie |
Russell Horton | ... | Photo Editor | |
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Regina David | ... | Rabbi's Receptionist |
Amy Wright | ... | Ceil |
In New York City, Susan Weinblatt and Anne Munroe are longtime roommates and friends. Susan is a struggling photographer who wants to get out of the wedding and bar mitzvah racket, those jobs which she primarily gets through her friend, Rabbi Gold, to selling the photographs she wants to take, but she realizes that she has to pay the rent. Anne is an aspiring poet and academic who looks to Susan as her primary guidance. As they move into a new apartment, Anne drops the news that she will not be moving in as she is getting married to her boyfriend, Martin. This news is bittersweet for Susan who is somewhat happy for her friend, but isn't sure if she likes all that Martin now represents to her. Both Susan and Anne will have to make professional and personal adjustments to their new situations, especially in what it means for not having the other as a constant in each their lives. While Anne has a "Martin", Susan has no one currently to replace all that Anne has been in her life. So ... Written by Huggo
Susan Weinblatt (Melanie Mayron) is a struggling photographer hoping to stop doing weddings and such. She lives with aspiring writer best friend Anne Munroe in New York City. They are moving into a new apartment when Anne tells Susan that she's marrying Martin (Bob Balaban). Susan struggles professionally and personally. She's lonely with less of her best friend. She takes in hitchhiker Ceil and has an aborted fling with Rabbi Gold (Eli Wallach).
It's a New York indie about the single modern girl. It's not a sitcom where the cute blonde just can't find Prince Charming. It's more truthful and yearning than that. Her need to find her place in the modern world is palpable. Mayron has a great sense of a New York girl. The visual work is a bit flat which is excusable for an indie. Eric is a bit of a frustrating nothing. I'd rather have more awkward drama with Rabbi Gold or Ceil. The plot unfolds rather than builds drama.