Slaves of New York

1989

Comedy / Drama

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 1247 1.2K

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Director

James Ivory Photo
James Ivory

Top cast

Steve Buscemi Photo
Steve Buscemi as Wilfredo
Charles Pendelton Photo
Charles Pendelton as Eddie
John Harkins Photo
John Harkins as Chuck Dade Dolger
Stanley Tucci Photo
Stanley Tucci as Darryl
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
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2.08 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by boblipton 7 / 10

If Bernadette Peters And Mercedes Ruehl Had Been Born A Day Later, They Would Have Been 10

It's the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s, with Bernadette Peters in a variety of hats. Boyfriend Adam Coleman Howard is preparing for a major exhibition and cheating on her, and everyone seems surprisingly middle-class despite their pretensions to being young and hip.It's a surprisingly warm and human Merchant-Ivory film. Perhaps this is because the script was written by Tamra Janowitz from her own stories (she has a small role as the girl who spends all of a party in a bathroom reading) instead of usual collaborator Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Maybe it's the cast of largely up-and-coming actors, including Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mereces Ruehl, and Steve Buscemi. Or maybe it was made about a moment when I was just back in New York after a five-year absence. Some movies work because of the moment they were made.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 5 / 10

a little interesting but aimless

Struggling hat-maker Eleanor (Bernadette Peters) lives with her unstable struggling artist boyfriend Stash in a rundown New York City neighborhood. They are deep into the art scene.James Ivory is the director. Ismail Merchant is the producer somewhere. Tama Janowitz is the writer based on her New York stories. This has a good sense of time and place although I want them to talk more about money. Maybe he gets enough from his art. It would be more compelling if there is some drug dealing, tricking, or minor scamming. I love "Dad I'm In Jail" which is a big moment in Pump Up the Volume a year later. The scene is not actually that memorable but it's about the song. The movie drifts from one situation or party to the next. At times, I wondered if there is any point to any of this. Maybe that is the point. New York may not be a good place for Merchant Ivory.
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