
Leonard Kraditor is a burned-out case, living with his immigrant parents after his fiancée left him, helping out at their Brooklyn dry cleaners, taking photographs, at loose ends, suicidal. In quick succession, he meets two women: Sandra, the daughter of his parents' business associates, frank, direct, sensual, Jewish like Leonard; and, his neighbor Michelle, mercurial, rootless, fun, blond, unattainable. Michelle is in love with a married man and cries on Leonard's shoulder... (Full plot summary below)
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Leonard Kraditor is a burned-out case, living with his immigrant parents after his fiancée left him, helping out at their Brooklyn dry cleaners, taking photographs, at loose ends, suicidal. In quick succession, he meets two women: Sandra, the daughter of his parents' business associates, frank, direct, sensual, Jewish like Leonard; and, his neighbor Michelle, mercurial, rootless, fun, blond, unattainable. Michelle is in love with a married man and cries on Leonard's shoulder; Sandra wants to save him. Is Leonard willing to risk losing Sandra's fidelity for the moments Michelle's moods swing toward him? Can this end well?
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| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittThere's not much plot, but the characterizations are beautiful. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAs in a good European film, shots are allowed to breathe. The focus is on character and human emotion. At the same time, the movie shows an American concern for pace and story development. The result is the best of both worlds. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)There's not much plot, but the characterizations are beautiful. |
| HollywoodChicago.comBrian TallericoA wonderful character-driven drama about a man caught between what he has and what he wants. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesJoaquin Phoenix and writer-director James Gray team up again for something on a smaller scale, and though the story is no less familiar the results are frequently affecting. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonAlong with the delicate, deep performances, we get a strong, genuine emotional connection with these folks, even though they're walking through the oldest story in the book. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyPeter CanaveseHeartbreakingly explores our romantic delusions, and the tragedy of always wanting more than we can have. |
| The ScreengrabNick SchagerFocuses so intently on character details and setting that the gradual development and resolution of the plot seems not rote but fervent, prickly, alive. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...melodrama, predictable yet compelling, [but] there are things about this movie that make it better than it might sound. |
| Film ThreatRick KisonakThis is a gentle, understated character-driven piece that has more in common with European romantic dramas than those made in this country as a rule. |