Irving was nominated for an Oscar inYentland sang Jessica Rabbits songs inWho Framed Roger Rabbit.
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We immediately like Izzy.
She offers some overnight comfort to an overworked friend whose wife is out of town.
Bubby loves Izzy and wants to see her married (What?
She should want she should get a cancer?)
and settle down with a nice Jewish man.
And we like Sam.
Whats not to like?
Every romantic comedy needs an asshole to measure the main love interest against.
With a face like his, how could he play anything else?
Even the name Krabbe sounds like Little Rascal code for assholetry.
(Although I gotta say I jumped into the East River once and it is nasty.)
Jeroen Krabbe was a Dutch actor, painter and cookbook author.
He played Satan in the 1999 TV movieJesuswith Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.
Maes is messing around with his assistant, Myla Bondy.
He can tell that Izzy cant see past his pickle store (So small my world?
), until a friend shes pawned him off on blows off her fedora.
Izzy wants to move up to a better social, professional and romantic circle but she is too accommodating.
Theres got to be a better way.
Delancey Street is where James Cagney claims to have learned Yiddish in the 1932 movieTaxi.
Its probably also where Clancy Street was supposed to be set in the Bowery Boys movies.
The old country is really Brooklyn, where the Jewish neighborhoods usually sit next to the Italian sections.
I remember that most Italians spoke at least a little Yiddish.
And everybody eats Chinese.
(In China, Chinese food is just called food.
)Crossing Delanceyis a Valentines Day card to the block, served like a heart-shaped knish.
Just by writing this Im getting hungry.
Jewish Valentines Day, Tu Beav, is a celebration of matchmaking, and doesnt happen until August.
Valentines Day is about couples.
Its a date better served in small portions.
One dish, two spoons.
Extra pickles.Crossing Delanceyis a cut above most romantic comedies because it is made with a low-budget mindset.
How could you make an epic romance when its a sin to buy retail?
Rating:
4 out of 5
