| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2006

As directed by Mark Levin, Little Manhattan is an endearing, affectionately humorous and even lyrical depiction of the dawning of adolescence amid the privileged.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2005

A moderately charming comedy depicting a fumbling prepubescent first romance in a beautiful, fairy-tale version of the borough.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Seeks to be a whimsical premise but, except for a few moments, proves ponderous instead.

Full Review | Sep 30, 2005

What a treasure -- a funny, tart, romantic comedy about tweens suffering the pangs of first love. It makes the cityscape an essential part of the romance, like a junior, vintage Woody Allen.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

This small-scale, perfectly acted family film listens in on all the doubts and desires of an 11-year-old as he confronts new feelings about a girl he has known practically all his life.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 30, 2005

It begins to wear a little thin in a feature format.

Full Review | Sep 30, 2005

It's the little things such as confusing voices on the phone that show you that the husband-wife team of director Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett are paying close attention to what kids do, say and go through.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 29, 2005

Who is this movie's target audience, anyway? Preteens will be bored stupid, while adults are unlikely to want to revisit puppy love in such grueling detail.

| Sep 27, 2005

A totem to white privilege.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 29, 2005