Little Manhattan

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Little Manhattan

PG

2005

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Romance

Comedy

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Gabe (Josh Hutcherson), a sixth grader, is partnered with Rosemary (Charlie Ray) in his karate class. Though he's known her a long time, Rosemary suddenly becomes his first crush. At home, Gabe's unhappy parents, Adam (Bradley Whitford) and Leslie (Cynthia Nixon), are waiting for their divorce to be finalized. Gabe and Rosemary begin dating, but when he realizes she'll be going away to camp soon, he panics. His attempts to permanently win her over backfire, leaving him confused and miserable.

Critics Consensus

Little Manhattan is a sweet story of young love that provides an enlightening if pragmatic view on love and courtship.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

12/02/2005

3/5

As directed by Mark Levin, Little Manhattan is an endearing, affectionately humorous and even lyrical depiction of the dawning of adolescence amid the privileged.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

09/30/2005

2.5/4

A moderately charming comedy depicting a fumbling prepubescent first romance in a beautiful, fairy-tale version of the borough.

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Brian Lowry

Variety

09/30/2005

Seeks to be a whimsical premise but, except for a few moments, proves ponderous instead.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/14/2019

One of the best romantic comedies of the year (for all ages), Mark Levin's capable intelligent direction gives us an intelligently mature and layered film with a beauty and freshness that transcends time...

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

05/17/2015

7/10

Sweetly insightful about how mindblowingly horrifying it is to find oneself with unwanted and unfamiliar romantic feelings, if one is a boy, at least.

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

12/18/2010

4/5

Refreshingly realistic tween tale of first love.

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Greg S

@RT49358334 Mar 22

Adorable story. Funny. Nostalgic. Our whole family loved it.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 18

A success on home media.

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Cora R

@RT48285933 Oct 29

Part 2 please. This is entertaining and relatable to kids.

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C T.

@JustAViewer Sep 25

One of those films that understand movie magic and slice of life. It’s not that deep in its plot but it feels very deep in its feels. A really good film on growing pains sprinkled in with the New York skyline.

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Jonathan L

@RT80349072 01/30/2024

Nothing new, just an extremely well done, heartwarming childhood romance flick, one could argue one of the best. It's shot well enough, and the support cast are very good, especially Bradley Witford. However, this movie truely shines in its spot on representation of childhood, probably because, unlike other movies, they actually cast children to play CHILDREN. 90/100

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angela g

@Sunflower378 10/30/2023

the story was good josh Hutcherson and Charlie ray did such a great job the movie was cute

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Synopsis

Gabe (Josh Hutcherson), a sixth grader, is partnered with Rosemary (Charlie Ray) in his karate class. Though he's known her a long time, Rosemary suddenly becomes his first crush. At home, Gabe's unhappy parents, Adam (Bradley Whitford) and Leslie (Cynthia Nixon), are waiting for their divorce to be finalized. Gabe and Rosemary begin dating, but when he realizes she'll be going away to camp soon, he panics. His attempts to permanently win her over backfire, leaving him confused and miserable.

Director: Mark Levin
Producer: Gavin Polone
Screenwriter: Mark Levin
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: Epsilon Motion Pictures, New Regency Productions, Pariah
Rating: PG (Language|Brief Action|Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $384.9K
Runtime: 1h 30m