Prince of Broadway

2008

Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 1554 1.6K

Director

Sean Baker Photo
Sean Baker

Top cast

Victoria Tate Photo
Victoria Tate as Nadia
Mickey O'Hagan Photo
Mickey O'Hagan as Snowbound Victim's Girl
Adesuwa Addy Iyare Photo
Adesuwa Addy Iyare as Customer
Kurt Leitner Photo
Kurt Leitner as Prosecutor
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928.2 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.86 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 11
928.91 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
us  es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2
1.68 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
us  es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by augustovlucca 7 / 10

Raw city tales.

Prince of Broadway captures a slice of life that feels raw and unpredictable, following people just trying to stay afloat in a city that doesn't stop moving.It's clear Sean Baker already had an eye for authenticity back then. His ability to make chaos feel deeply human is present throughout, even if the film sometimes lacks the balance and polish of his later work. The handheld cinematography adds to the sense of immediacy, grounding everything in a kind of rough beauty.What I liked the most is how it shows people just trying to survive, without ever turning that into pity. It's emotional but never sentimental, and that balance is hard to find. Not perfect by any means, but still full of heart and energy, and a clear sign of the filmmaker Baker would later become.
Reviewed by gbill-74877 8 / 10

Entertaining work from Sean Baker

Another highly engaging story from Sean Baker, this one about a hustler of counterfeit sneakers and designer bags having his world turned upside down when an old girlfriend surprises him with an 18-month-old baby, saying it's his and that he needs to take care of it for awhile. Despite knowing nothing about babies and complaining bitterly to everyone around him (including the baby), he's forced to take it in. In lesser hands this might become cloying quickly, but Baker is masterfully restrained, keeping the baby a burden (albeit an adorable burden) and only very subtly shifting the man's attitude over the course of the film.Initially it seems there is going to be some commentary on class as we compare the hustler's life to that of his boss who is better off, but it turns out his boss has problems of his own, namely, his young wife doesn't want to be with him, having only married him so he could get a green card. We see a very balanced character in the boss, both a good side (providing support for his employee and looking out for his baby), and a bad side (too possessive of his wife). That's true of the hustler as well, and we get the idea that deep down they're decent people just trying to make a living, despite their shady business. In other words, Sean Baker's humanism strikes again, though it's certainly not a naïve humanism, as the baby's mother certainly doesn't come off well here, and the grittiness to the life we see on the streets.The acting in this feels incredibly natural, as aside from casting non-actors, Baker also notes in the end credits that the dialogue was all improvised. Prince Adu and Karren Karagulian are fantastic as the hustler and his boss, but I liked Keyali Mayaga as the girlfriend even more. The main story line got a little repetitive in the middle of the film, but this is one that kept me up late, unable to pause it. Quite a nice little film, and one to check out.
Reviewed by runamokprods 8 / 10

Another big hearted, funny, touching view of society's outsiders from Sean Baker

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