Autumn in New York

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Autumn in New York

PG-13

2000

1h 43m

Romance

Drama

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Will Keane, a New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, acts as the master of the no-commitment seduction until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a 21-year-old free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life.

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Critics Consensus

Although the film isn't as bad as feared (it wasn't pre-screened for reviews), it's not that good, either. Most noticable flaws are the sappy romantic cliches and lack of chemistry between Gere and Ryder.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

C

Richard Gere’s phoniest acting tic has to be the way that he tosses back his head and laughs, in ”spontaneous” delight, at his romantic costar.

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

07/21/2007

C-

Utterly banal, Joan Chen's tediously sappy romance is a kind of modern-day Love Story (a better film!) with a "twist": Richard Gere's suave lover is old enough to be Winona Ryder's father.

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

06/05/2002

2/5

Melodrama is bad enough, contrived melodrama is worse, and badly written contrived melodrama is Autumn in New York.

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Jae-Ha Kim

Jae-Ha Kim

07/27/2023

2/4

"Autumn in New York" is made to tug at our heartstrings. But with its rote story line, the film proves to be little more than pretty eye candy in the form of stars Richard Gere and Winona Ryder.

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Mark Steyn

The Spectator

02/02/2018

You can't help but be aware of the structural flaw in this tale of redemption.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

06/12/2015

2/4

...the feel of an old-school weeper...

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Monty G

@Montyginger Jan 1

Winona Ryder is always a pleasure to watch and this movie is visually stunning. I also cried at the end. And also when Charlotte said to her grandmother, "because I’m your family, you’re supposed to take care of me." God! It was so hunting.

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2000's Barbie

@Thedoll May 16

The cinematography is stunning, the atmosphere is dreamy and elegant, and Winona gives one of her most tender, heartbreaking performances. That fragility, that soft defiance — it’s pure magic. The film feels like a poem in motion. Who cares if it’s melodramatic? That’s the point. It’s about fleeting love, mortality, and beauty. And the soundtrack? Devastating in the best way.

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Kathryn V

02/02/2025

Dissapointed in Gere doing this movie, some of the scenes and huge age gap. The movie just didn't work at all. Tacky bad movie.

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Kirsten W

@kirght 03/22/2024

There are a few moments that I love in this movie.

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babarizam

01/28/2024

There were many wrong things about this movie 1- script 2- acting 3-delivery

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Blu B

01/24/2024

So it's like a Terms of Endearment and Harold & Maude hybrid....just not as good as those. Boring genric music and everything else about it subpar. It goes from creepy/awkward with the relationship to just flat out boring in the middle to just ok at the end. Ryder & Gere are passable but don't really have any chemistry together. None of the characters are that likeable, it feels like its' trying to tug on heartstrings, and feels like there isn't really any clear story between the two of them and mostly focuses on Gere being a jerk. But he's never likeable like say High Infidelity, he just keeps making dick moves with no real explanation why. It feels so forced how they get together out of nowhere and how she's not creeped out at all. Also, Ryder doesn't look sick at all so it's hard to believe she's terminally ill when she looks peak and fit 99% of the time. The middle gets so boring focusing o him sleeping with his ex and drags adding nothing and I have no idea why she'd get back with him after that. Honestly, even if your a big fan of any actors in this, skip it anyway.

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Synopsis

Will Keane, a New York restaurateur, infamous verging-on-50 playboy, acts as the master of the no-commitment seduction until he runs into an unexpected dead end when he meets Charlotte Fielding. Charlotte is half Will's age and twice his match, a 21-year-old free spirit yearning to get out and taste the excitement of adult life.

Director: Joan Chen
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Amy Robinson
Screenwriter: Allison Burnett
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lakeshore Entertainment
Production Co: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lakeshore Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sensuality|Language)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.8M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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