Réalisation:
Paul MazurskyScénario:
Paul MazurskyPhotographie:
Arthur J. OrnitzMusique:
Bill ContiActeurs·trices:
Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Antonio Fargas, Dori Brenner, Lou Jacobi, Mike Kellin, Jeff Goldblum (plus)Résumés(1)
Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) is a young man seeking fame and discovering independence in Paul Mazursky's bittersweet comedy set in the 1950's. His mother (Shelley Winters) is distraught when he leaves his traditional family home in Brooklyn and moves to bohemian Greenwich Vilage. As a struggling actor, he gets entangled with a group of free spirits, discovers adult romance and, hardest of all, copes with his overbearing Jewish mother. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
It's strange - one would say that a film that presents a director's autobiographical journey into his youth and early career will be among his priorities and he will approach it with maximum enthusiasm. However, if I were to find a title in Mazursky's filmography that I would revisit, it would be Moscow on the Hudson, not this one. The most damaging aspect of it is probably the mediocre cast with an uncharismatic actor in the lead role. Worth mentioning is perhaps Walken and Goldblum in very minor supporting roles, but everything else is interchangeable, and honestly, to me, the performances or characters often come across as annoying rather than charming and humorous in any way. The memorable scenes are minimal. I can't help it, but for me, Mazursky is more interesting as an actor than as the person behind the camera. Overall impression: 45%.
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