A witty writer navigates messy relationships and finds melancholy romance in the city of dreams.
Intimate and nostalgic, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence, about what an R should carry.
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Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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