
A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they're hiding from each other - and from themselves. Jenny has rejected her tumultuous family and cut off communication, seeking a more ordered life far from her roots in the Bronx. And she's almost ready to commit to her longtime fiancé when her sister Lucy - the personification of all that Jenny has been trying to flee ... (Full plot summary below)
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A reluctant reunion of two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Both struggle with truths they're hiding from each other - and from themselves. Jenny has rejected her tumultuous family and cut off communication, seeking a more ordered life far from her roots in the Bronx. And she's almost ready to commit to her longtime fiancé when her sister Lucy - the personification of all that Jenny has been trying to flee - surprises her at a critical time. Lucy and Jenny's combustible reunion brings both of them to unforeseen places, shattering and reconstructing the worlds they have both carefully constructed.
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| Moveable FestStephen Saito"Union Square" isn't nearly as overwhelming as a whole, but it's a fun enough diversion, emphasis on that last part for this story where everyone's got something to hide. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineThis is a film that bores into you, mostly because of Sorvino's performance, which starts out at a level of white heat and never cools below incendiary. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonThe kind of character-driven movie about whacked-out characters we need more of (the characters and the movies). |
| Shared DarknessBrent SimonA half-sketched tale of familial floundering, Union Square is a suffocating and pantomimed drama that makes an especially unconvincing and headlong dive into sentimentality in its finale. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinPropelled by a rangy, superbly colorful performance by Mira Sorvino, the film grabs hold of the viewer from the jump and snowballs toward a deftly moving and concise third act. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenSisters engage in tedious, seemingly unending melodramatics. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatCharacter-driven drama about two estranged sisters who reach a point where they must choose either reconciliation or permanent separation from each other. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyAn interesting study of families, of class-consciousness, of little passive-aggressive tricks. |
| Television Without PityEthan AlterA solid performance piece for two actresses that don't often get meaty material to tear into. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelJust when it seems to be going [for] an amusing family Thanksgiving comedy, it zings sharply (and awkwardly) into exposing raw emotions from painful wounds sisters share. |