This was okay, kinda interesting, I always like seeing Brittany Murphy and Stanley Tucci plays a good slim-bucket here. It's been shot documentary style, with a (relatively) low-budget so its grainy and jumpy at times, as a faux film crew follows and interviews six New Yorkers through the course of an average day.They share stories of their sexual experiences and the rocky road of relationships in their quest for true love. Nothing spectacular here to mention as the story doesn't really go anywhere. Some decent comedy/drama, all the men come off badly and by the end everyone is connected.I will say that all the characters are well developed, considering what this is, and I enjoyed the cast. Written and directed by Ed Burns, who apparently shot this in just 16 days, he plays a successful television producer who becomes infatuated with the recently divorced (Rosario Dawson). Her ex-husband wants her back but in the interim starts wooing (Brittany Murphy). She is (lovely) and having an affair with the ultra sleazy Stanley Tucci, who is married to Heather Graham. She plays a real estate agent with her eye on Edward Burns, which brings the circle to a close. 2/22/15

With a brother who lives in Manhattan, there was a resonance to this story. All these people seem very real and their stories seem very possible. What more can you ask from a film? It all seemed to flow even tho man on the street interview should bring in a certain break from reality. For me, it did not.This is a 14 year old film and few will be seeing it in the years ahead. They should as the stories are forever as long as our culture lasts. Sure there are a couple of story points that time has passed by but it did not have you sense it was out of touch with today's world.Enjoy it.

This film is not perfect. It's not perfect, because Heather Graham is, at times, too good an impersonator of the young Diane Keaton, and the younger Juliet Lewis. I am thinking of their performances in Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall' and 'Husbands and Wives,' respectively. It's not perfect because the documentary-style, pathos-generating device of the character-interview does not always generate pathos the way that it's supposed to, and instead leaves you feeling a little annoyed at being short-changed on the pathos you had perhaps unconsciously bargained for.However, as a film that you accidentally stumble across late of an evening (these, of course, not being circumstances that you'll be able to replicate if you're reading this review intending to watch it) it's almost, pretty near, goddamn, close to perfect. This is because of the feel, or atmosphere that the film has. This, admittedly, has a lot to do with the synchronisation of the soundtrack and the cinematography- but there are times when these aspects cohere really beautifully with the performances (particularly those of David Krumholtz and Brittany Murphy). To get the technical stuff out of the way, the shooting style is unashamedly Woody Allenesque, and so is the structure for that matter- what with the aforementioned interspersed character-interviews. It's not really fair to call it a rip-off, though: Allen stole that particular device (not to mention most of the plot of 'Husbands and Wives') from Bergman's magisterial 'Scenes from a Marriage.' Looting from Bergman's treasure-chest is something that should be encouraged. Suffice it to say, there are jump-cuts and they don't feel irritatingly stylised.But, anyway, back to 'Sidewalks of New York.' The film deals with themes of sex and love. There's a lot of cheating and declaring. Cheating, declaring, and sex. No great, new insights are offered into the subject... there's nothing here that you won't find in Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary on the subjects of marriage, sex and extra-marital sex or the consequences thereof for the two former... The great parts of the film happen when Director Ed Burns manages to create a really exciting and plausible moment.Most of these involve the brilliant David Krumholtz. See in particular his attempts early on in the film to woo Murphy's student/waitress/unhappy-concubine-to-an-unfaithful-dentist character. And his subsequent abortive serenading of that girl in the café where she works (more endearing than any song might have been). Krumholtz, who is the key Allen surrogate in the film, emerges as a great character-actor, much as Paul Giamatti did in 'American Splendor.' And much in the vein or mould of a Giamatti or Steve Buscemi (see 'Trees Lounge' and 'Ghost World'). Many of the more telegenic alumni of the class of 'Ten Things I Hate About You' have since graduated to bigger things. Notably the late Heath Ledger and, more recently, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who appeared in the more recent, more saccharine, more popular, more irritatingly shiny and happy, and more not-as-good Woody Allen homage '500 Hundred Days of Summer.' Krumholtz has kept a lower profile, appearing in the great Barry Levinson's watchable 'Liberty Heights.' Once again, though only a marginal role, his was the best performance for sheer wit, charm and believability.

I thought this documentary style movie was OK, but coming from a small town I really can't relate to big city life. But, I thought the story was OK and ironic sometimes. The movie follows several people as they talk about their relationships. None of them are in happy ones. And a lot of it is about cheating and one night stands. None of the actors really stand out.FINAL VERDICT: It had nothing that would make me want to see this again. It isn't bad, it just isn't anything special. Maybe if you live this type of lifestyle in a big city, you may want to check this movie out.