Frequently feels like it is about to spin off its axis but Webb fights past the clunky dialogue and overly complicated story to present an engaging coming-of-age story.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 28, 2021

One disingenuous cliché piled on top of another, right down to the Simon and Garfunkel song.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 20, 2021

That The Only Living Boy in New York is uninspired and programmatic is reason to skip it. But the fact that it's also a smug serving of "nice guy" wish fulfillment is reason to actively warn others away.

| Dec 11, 2020

The strength of the film is in the performances and the direction. Webb is making his version of a Woody Allen movie, without the complexities, and that's fine with this cast.

| May 12, 2020

It was so cheesy, but I guess sometimes you just find yourself in the mood for cheese.

| Jun 12, 2019

The Only Living Boy in New York is never able to achieve cohesion among its disparate story lines and suffers from its dedication to showing Thomas as a good guy despite all evidence to the contrary.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 8, 2018

The Only Living Boy in New York is insufferable in almost every way possible.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 19, 2018

...a movie that strains for The Graduate but only gets to keep the Paul Simon echoes.

| Jan 24, 2018

Good drama of family intrigue. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 27, 2017

Marc Webb's film trundles along... with awkward dinner parties, a wedding and assorted pining.

| Dec 18, 2017

The Only Living Boy in New York fails to play with its conventions, deciding to focus solely on the surface, ending with an unoriginal film taking itself much too seriously.

| Dec 4, 2017

Not even Jeff Bridges' drawl can salvage a line like, "soul cycle is the only soul the city has anymore."

| Nov 9, 2017

Without giving too much away, the contrived nature of the story makes it a challenge to fully connect with these characters.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 23, 2017

... there was the possibility of dramatic reach beyond a soundtrack with a Bob Dylan song playing in the background. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2017

If you enjoy films that are more an observation on life, you'll love this one. It's simple and warm, and just a very pleasant way to spend a few hours experiencing life and the world through another's eyes.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 19, 2017

The Only Living Boy is a most engaging film that confidently enters vintage Woody Allen territory with consummate success.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 19, 2017

... Marc Webb seems to be hypnotized by that nostalgia of adolescence... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2017

The rich, as I suppose they informed us, also cry. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 16, 2017

... tackles a fascinating love triangle that faces two areas as contradictory as the bohemian and intellectual. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 13, 2017

There's an ambition here that is never realised, try as Webb did to infuse the film with that New York spirit. There's no real depth to the film, only imitation.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 13, 2017