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A joy to watch, 31 January 2006
9/10
Author: edward-allen from Sheffield, United Kingdom

I stumbled across this film in a hotel room whilst working in France, and was mediately drawn in by it. THe acting of the two lead characters is just great. I believed in them as characters. It was witty, but no comic or showy, it was real but not crude, it was honest but not indulgent.

The New York backdrop gave a real glimpse of what NY life is like, and you felt very much part of the action there.

A great little movie of clashing cultures, double lives and the power of relationships to transform a life.

See it in a hotel near you!

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Top class work but..., 10 September 2001
6/10
Author: vostf from Paris, Fr

It's the kind of movie you take in and you're pleased to watched it because it's lovely acted and the directing is accurately in line with the story. It's also well-written and there are some good laughs round the corner. In fact Amos Kollek manages to dissolve the bitterness and that makes it all the more striking.

Eventually one of my friends called it pointless since the development is good but reaching an end more difficult. If you're an out-of-towner you may find the messed-up characters over the top. The humanity they stand for is quite universal but most remains personal in a way only single Jews in big US cities will feel touched.

A good movie for its film qualities but too personal a context for me to find it even better. When it comes to proselytism it's rather highbrow.

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Perhaps the worst director on the planet?, 24 August 2004
1/10
Author: Ari Sheinwald (arisheinwald@yahoo.com) from Buenos Aires, Argentina

I find nothing more baffling than the "success" of Amos Kollek. I put success in quotations because it's in relative terms - Thankfully unknown in the US (and best known in his home country for being the son of someone), he appears to have developed a following in France and perhaps Germany as well.

They seem to find something endearing about his low-budget indie features that begin with 1997's SUE. A quick glance at Kollek's filmography makes one realize that he was, at that point, a B-movie filmmaker whose career was going nowhere when he decided to jump on the indie bandwagon about a half decade too late and take his own stab at no-budget "gritty" indie films set in New York. I actually happened to see his first film, 1985's GOODBYE, NEW YORK - a horrible stab at comedy that makes most Israeli films from the 80's look good in comparison (a feat in and of itself).

QUEENIE IN LOVE is horrendously written, incompetently filmed, and badly acted. The plot setup is a middle-aged man's fantasy (here's to you, Kollek) and the way it plays out is even worse. Kollek shows no understanding of the New York milieu he films in yet Europeans praise his films for their local authenticity.

Many things can be said about the slightly bizarre taste of the French. But at least Jerry Lewis had some deranged talent. And Mickey Rourke? Well, he's Mickey Rourke. But Amos Kollek? You have to be kidding me.

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