New York, I Love You

Finding love in the Big Apple. Pretty much that is the theme of New York, I Love You which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. It has the same producer as Paris, je t'aime; Emmanuel Benbihy. And it's also follow the structure Paris, je t'aime has, first premiered in film festival and the second one is being stars an ensemble cast. Big name like Andy Garcia, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, Christina Riccie, Hayden Christensen, Maggie Q, and many more.

Well, the title tells it for you. For the story, it's basically a romance film. But the unique thing is it's a collaboration of eleven directors. Each of them made a 10-minutes short story and combine it as one. Simple right? And for you who haven't been to the Big Apple before, like me, this movie gives us the insight of how the ordinary people life in New York.

Some of the short film that I like is the first one, directed by Jiang Wen starring Hayden Christensen as Ben, a young pickpocket-master who fell in love with Molly, played by Rachel Bilson, whom he followed to a nearby cafe where he pretend that she left her wallet, in fact he stole it, in order to get knows with her. It turn out that she's a college student who is waiting for her boyfriend, the already married Garry (Andy Garcia), which is her lecturer. And so the situation goes awkward and I'm surprised to see how a 10-minutes film could be this interesting to me.

But for me, not all of the short film are good. As I can't understand the plot of some film. Maybe you'll find out other part more interesting. It depends of your taste.

Anyways, this movie is the choice if you want to see how the collaborative works of many directors, also not forget to mention the ensemble cast. Well, it's not a perfectly pitched movie, but it still make an interesting one.