
Thomas Webb, the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents' Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F., a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas' world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father is having an affair with a seductive younger woman. Determined to... (Full plot summary below)
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Thomas Webb, the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents' Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F., a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas' world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father is having an affair with a seductive younger woman. Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father's mistress, launching a chainin of events that will change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family. Wow!
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| Film InquiryAmanda MazzilloThe Only Living Boy in New York fails to play with its conventions, deciding to focus solely on the surface, ending with an unoriginal film taking itself much too seriously. |
| Good Times Santa CruzLisa JensenYou may guess part of the mysterious history linking these characters before all is revealed, but that shouldn't interfere with the pleasure of watching it play out. |
| Siete24.mxMario P. SzékelyGood drama of family intrigue. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| indieWireDavid EhrlichSong reference or not, the title alone should be a major red flag, but there’s no way to fully prepare yourself for the navel-gazing narcissism to come during the film itself. |
| NPRElla TaylorIf you liked Webb's enormously popular but, to this critic's mind, horribly pandering (500 Days) of Summer, you'll probably enjoy this too. |
| AV ClubJesse HassengerMarc Webb’s new movie, in contrast, uses the song for its title, the name of an in-movie manuscript, and as a late-breaking song cue that doesn’t drop the needle so much as clunk it down with turgid inevitability. |
| Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernDespite the silly and sentimental nature of his dialogue, Bridges, in this wondrous emeritus phase of his career, sells every single line. Well, almost every. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasAlthough Allan Loeb's screenplay contains some hard-to-swallow plot turns, a strong cast carries it past the eye rolls. |
| National PostChris KnightDirector Marc Webb... keeps the plot moving forward at a decent clip, wrapping the whole thing up in a snappy 88 minutes. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonWebb delivers a film that’s somewhat derivative, but succeeds as a welcome alternative to superhero extravaganzas. |