Crossing Delancey (1988)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Joan Micklin Silver

Writers:

Susan Sandler (play)
Susan Sandler (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A funny movie about getting serious.

Plot:

A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother | Jewish | Matchmaker | Judaism | Publishing

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Amy Irving	...	Isabelle Grossman
Peter Riegert	...	Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk	...	Bubbie Kantor
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Anton Maes
Sylvia Miles	...	Hannah Mandelbaum
George Martin	...	Lionel
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Nick
Claudia Silver	...	Cecilia Monk
David Hyde Pierce	...	Mark (as David Pierce)
Rosemary Harris	...	Pauline Swift
Suzzy Roche	...	Marilyn Cohen
Amy Wright	...	Ricki
Faye Grant	...	Candyce
Deborah Offner	...	Karen
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Myla Bondy

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Hebrew | Yiddish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Suzzy Roche, who plays Izzy's friend, is also a singer in the group which do much of the background music (The Roches).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Anton Maes: [People are arriving at an event at a book store. There are sounds of employees greeting them, checking them in, serving champagne. Izzy is collecting empty plastic cups and napkins. She sees a woman put a book from the shelf in her bag, and deftly removes and replaces it. Anton is watching her from across the nook and motions her over. Their eyes lock as she approaches] So, you won't be out of a job.
[He plunks down his cup on her tray]

Movie Connections:

References Annie Hall (1977)

Soundtrack:

SHE'S GOING

An Underrated Gem

Funny, but most of the comments here are raving about the movie, yet somehow

it only scored 6.7 stars at the time of this posting. To me, Crossing Delancey is one of the best romantic comedies ever made and ranks highly among my favorite movies in general.

Reizl Bozyk's performance as Bubbie Kantor is priceless. Amy Irving and Peter Riegert have amazing chemistry and all of the characters are very well defined and well portrayed, although I think the matchmaker was just a tad over-the-top, even for a yenta. But that's okay, The storyline is paced just right - a great flick to do popcorn by.

Though I would ordinarily give it an 8.5, I rated it 10 stars to bring the average closer to what the reviews (and my personal opinion) reflect.