Thanks to Nick and Reny's recommendation, I rented the movie "Little Manhattan" and thought it was adorable. It's a "quirky tale of first love that puts the spotlight on a pint-sized passion". (Who writes the copy on the Netflix sleeves anyway??)
Not only was the story cute, and the two kids perfect in their roles, but the story is set against the backdrop of New York City... more specifically, it takes place within about 9 square blocks of the Upper West Side. It was so fun to watch the movie and see places that I walk by all the time, like the Natural History Museum, the big Fairways store, the West Side Restaurant and countless other landmarks.
Gabe, the fifth grade protagonist and would-be Romeo, lives on the same street that I actually live on and thanks to the movie, I have now identified a few new places on the UWS that I must track down and report back on. One such place is apparently the smallest public park in the city... it's only as wide as a townhouse and is squeezed between two other city buildings. If what the movie says is true, then this park used to be a townhouse, but when the owner died, he requested that the home be demolished and the space reserved as a public park for posterity. What a great posthumous gift in the concrete jungle.
Not only was the story cute, and the two kids perfect in their roles, but the story is set against the backdrop of New York City... more specifically, it takes place within about 9 square blocks of the Upper West Side. It was so fun to watch the movie and see places that I walk by all the time, like the Natural History Museum, the big Fairways store, the West Side Restaurant and countless other landmarks.
Gabe, the fifth grade protagonist and would-be Romeo, lives on the same street that I actually live on and thanks to the movie, I have now identified a few new places on the UWS that I must track down and report back on. One such place is apparently the smallest public park in the city... it's only as wide as a townhouse and is squeezed between two other city buildings. If what the movie says is true, then this park used to be a townhouse, but when the owner died, he requested that the home be demolished and the space reserved as a public park for posterity. What a great posthumous gift in the concrete jungle.
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