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New York City Serenade (2007)

Director: Frank Whaley

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From Time Out New York

The reason this 2007 drama has languished for so long could be that it’s a bromance whose moment has only now arrived; more likely, it’s because Frank Whaley’s lightweight slice of life is so crashingly ordinary. Aspiring filmmaker Owen (Prinze Jr.) and hard-drinking drummer Ray (Klein) shirk their respective responsibilities—a shrewish fiancée, a young daughter—by indulging in arrested-adolescent high jinks. Fecklessness need not be an impediment to sympathy or enjoyment, but Owen and Ray offer neither scabrous flair nor compelling self-destructiveness, just tiresome narcissism. New York City? You could find these guys anywhere.

Author: Ben Walters 2009-03-03 19:02:34

Time Out New York Issue 701: March 5-11, 2009

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Cast & crew

Director: Frank Whaley

Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr, Chris Klein

Rated: R

Duration: 103 mins

US Release: Mar 6 2009


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