Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Little Manhattan

by Shawni

I liked the movie “Little Manhattan”, it had adventure and love which made it enjoyable. The romance of the two kids made me laugh and made me sad when they “broke-up”.

This movie showed that love is a painful thing we all want. The main character, Gabe, has grown-up not liking girls and is now getting feelings for Rosemary. He doesn’t want to admit it because girls are disgusting to all the boys. When she is in his karate he knows he likes her.


They go to a baby birthday party and they get ice cream together. They walk all around Central Park in New York and talk about their lives. Once they get close Rosemary tells him she is going to camp. They start to hang out more and Gabe goes to dinner with Rosemary and her parents. During the dinner they hold hands and afterwards Gabe kisses her.


Gabe gets angry with Rosemary and tells her he hates her. He starts feeling sorry and knows he doesn’t have much time to apologize. She is going to go to camp the day after her aunt’s wedding. Gabe goes to say sorry. While he is there they dance and are friends again, then Gabe goes home. Once he goes home he sees his parents laughing. This is weird because they are divorced. They all three go to dinner and are happy again.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Little Manhattan

by Chelsea

Little Manhattan is about two 11 year olds finding their first love. Gabe played by Josh Hutcherson has always thought girls were disgusting until the day Rosemary Telesco (Charlie Ray) joins his karate class. From that moment on everything in Gabe’s life is turned upside down.

At Gabe’s school everything changed in 2nd grade because in the classrooms it was boys on one side girls on the other. Boys were awesome but all the girls had cooties. But when Gabe decides to take karate and Rosemary Telesco ends up in the same class his head starts spinning. They start hanging out outside of class and Gabe even takes her on a tour of Central Park. But when a ked named Tim Staples joins the class things start to change and Gabe has to find a way to keep her in his life.

I thought this movie was excellent because the ending is a complete surprise. I also thought the movie did a good job of showing us what Gabe was thinking like the way a really good book does. In a way this movie could have been very cheesy but it never was. I thought the main subplot of the story was also very good. If I was ever going to recommend a kids love story, this would be the one.

As far as criticism, there isn’t really much to say. I mean there are a few things here and there that I would change. Like the martial arts guy who kept coming in at random times because it was sort of annoying and distracting. I think that the rest of the movie was very good. I don’t think there is anything else that I would change.

Little Manhattan

by Ginger Girl

This week I am reviewing a cute movie called little Manhattan. This movie can easily be mistaken for a Childs mild movie. Yet this is a movie of realistic passion. A strong bond, two people in separate worlds first friends for two happy years in kinder garden and first grade. Then invisible incompatible life forms then colleagueship then love a passion so strong no one can pull away.


First let me tell you about this lovely story. It’s about a boy who loves a girl and she doesn’t love him. Its first love and Gabe is crushed. He cries for days. He discovers the secrets of love with his parents and knows rosemary Telesco will have a very special place in his heart forever.


In this movie there were several things that I like. One of the things I like is the special effects. The reason I liked them is that they give a certain insight into Gabe’s head this in turn enhances the movies limits. I also like the way the writers don’t look down upon the kids, they see them as equals. The last important thing that I like is it seems real and very well could be.

There were also things I didn’t like. Such as Gabe’s dad making him focusing on one thing his whole life. A place kicker and even though the outfit of being a place kicker got old, too small, and scratchy he wouldn’t let Gabe shed his placekicking skin. He just pushed and shoved. Also I didn’t like how his mom said that love sucks. That could cause young people to not even think about the opposite gender and stop the circle of life! All in all I think this was a good movie and you should defiantly watch it.

Little Manhattan

by Marissa

Love, it’s something we all want, but it can be confusing, frustrating, and heart breaking. And what movie shows the ups and downs of love better than the movie, “Little Manhattan”. “Little Manhattan” is a Romantic comedy, starring Josh Hutcherson and Charlie Ray. It was also directed by Mark Levin, and written by Jennifer Flackett. The movie is sappy, sweet, and everything that a romantic comedy is.

“Little Manhattan” takes place is present day New York. The movie displays the lives of Gabe, (Josh Hutcherson), and Rosemary, (Charlie Ray), and there bumpy pre-teen love. Through the whole movie you hear Gabe’s point of view about Rosemary and his infatuation with her. You get to witness love at its most awkward, and at its finest. But the whole love story begins when Gabe decides to join a Karate class. There he meets Rosemary, a friend of his from kindergarten, who becomes his sparring partner. When he sees her, he immediately forms a crush on her. From that point on, him and Rosemary start to hangout more, and become closer friends. But as they become closer friends Gabe’s feelings for Rosemary grow even deeper.

The movie as a whole is an enlightening, sweet, romantic, comedy for the whole family to watch. Especially because, “Little Manhattan”, showed love for what it actually is; awkward and just flat out awesome. Rosemary and Gabe demonstrate what it is like to love someone, and how hard it is to love someone. Another great thing about “Little Manhattan” is you get to hear Gabe’s point of view through the whole movie. Hearing what he thinks is great because you get to feel the love and passion he has for Rosemary.
Anyone watching the movie that has not been in love will learn all about this crazy experience. And anyone who has been in love, in either the past or present, will relive the memory of the entire experience. When you watch “Little Manhattan” you will definitely have a smile brought to your face.

Though the movie was great altogether, it did have some weak points. One of the weakest points of the movie was its ending. Through the whole movie you get to witness Gabe and Rosemary’s relationship, but when it comes to the ending you don’t really know what happens to the stance of the relationship. It just sort of leaves you hanging. You really have to understand the context of what Gabe and Rosemary are telling each other to know what is happening. You especially have to pay attention to Rosemary, because what she says really affects their relationship. Though complicated, the ending wraps up the movie nicely, and makes it a little off-beat.

“Little Manhattan” review

by Lizeth

In the movie “Little Manhattan” the two main characters Rosemary and Gabe have known each other since kindergarten and they have been friends since then but in the first grade everything changed he started thinking that girls had cooties. Five years later he joins a karate class and everything starts to change when Rosemary becomes his karate partner. The directors of the movie were Mark Levin and Jennifer Flakett.

“Little Manhattan” takes place in present day New York. In the beginning Gabe thinks that girls have cooties but that changes when he joins a karate class. That’s when he noticed Rosemary. He starts hanging out with her and starts developing a crush on her. The more and more time Gabe spends hanging out with her he falls in love with her.

I liked the movie because it showed what Gabe’s experience of falling in love for the first time was like. I also liked that it showed what Gabe was thinking or imagining. Another thing about the movie that I liked is that the movie is for everyone to watch.

I didn’t like that Gabe and Rosemary get barely any time to spend together because Rosemary had so many things to do. I also didn’t like that Rosemary’s parents were there and the nanny.

Little Manhattan

by Shane

Little Manhattan is a funny Romanic comedy. The main characters are Gabe,( josh hutcherson) and the girl he falls in Rosemary Telesco,( Charlie ray). There is also a great subplot played by Gabe’s parents (Cynthia Nixon) (Bradley Whitford).

Little Manhattan is about an 11 year old boy (Gabe) who gets this weird feeling in his stomach once he see Rosemary Telesco in his karate class. He doesn’t know what this feeling is and his parents are the last ones to ask. They are getting a divorce but to a crack in N.Y.’s divorce system says neither of them can move until all the papers are signed. Gabe and Rosemary become sparring partners and Rosemary invites him to her house. Soon they go every where together. You have to be there for an 11 year old love story that you’ll laugh your pants off for.

This movie is good. It was a great Romantic comedy about something most of us experience. Gabe does a great job in the movie. For a childhood actor he is great. The movie is definatly something to take your children to. Also, it is a pretty good movie for adults too. All in all, it was a good movie.

The only bad thing about is that it is kind of a big travel brochure to New York. It for sure tried to show famous places such as the planetarium. It made me want to visit for sure. But besides that I don’t have anything to complain about.

All in all it is a good movie. I would give it thumbs up. This is a great movie you need to see with your kids if you do get to see this awesome romantic’s comedy.

Little Manhattan review

by Horacio

The name of the movie is little Manhattan. It was filmed in New York. It is an interesting movie.


Gabe and Rosemary are the main characters they are karate friends. Gabe thinks its time to step it up a notch so when Rosemary invites Gabe to a concert he holds her hand. After the concert Gabe kisses rosemary.

I liked this movie because it had a lot of scenes from New York. If you have never been to New York. It is an awesome movie to show you about New York. It also has a lot of details about Manhattan. Like all the buildings and the streets.


I didn’t like this movie because it was kind of childish. I didn’t like the part when Gabe thought that the buildings were pirate ships. I also did not like it when the parents got back together because the mom was dating other guys and the dad took it. I think this movie was a pretty cool movie.

“Little Manhattan”

by Jessie Dar Dar

Little Manhattan had a good contrast between a child’s world and an and adults world. This movie shows just how alike children and adults can be when it comes to the opposite gender.

Little Manhattan is a movie about a young boy named Gabe and he falls in love a girl named Rosemary. The two kids have been going to school together since kindergarten and in sixth grade they end up taking the same Karate class. After that, Gabe discovers that he loves Rosemary. To him, she used to be the third prettiest girl in the class, but after he found out that she was in his class, he thought she was the prettiest.

This movie was made for not only children, but adults too. It had two story lines to it. One was the love story from the kids point of view, and the second story line was the love story from the parents. Little Manhattan is a good movie because it compares a first love with a love that needs to be fixed.

Some of the bad things about this movie was the fact that Rosemary’s parents were never really there until around the end of the movie. To tell you the truth, they looked completely different on the television than they did when Gabe met them. Plus, the board was already cracked when Rosemary punched it.

Grade: A

“Little Manhattan”

by Milton

Little Manhattan is about two eleven year olds falling in love for their first time and they feel weird when they’re together because they used to believe in coodies. The two actors are Josh Hutcherson and Charlie Ray.

The two kids used too be friends in kindergarten and would always hang out together but then she moved. In second grade they made a metal curtain that would suppose to separate the boys and the girls from the boys. They met again when he joined the karate class and thought she was beautiful and fell in love with her and felt weird.

I liked the movie because it was about kids that fell in love at that age. Also because he tries to act cool but he is just too nervous and acts dumb. It is also cool because they show a lot of the nice parts of New York and it makes it look beautiful.

The things that I didn’t like were that Gabe cried all the time for anything that he did wrong.

“Little Manhattan”

by Paul P3

This movie is Little Manhattan. It has two eleven year old kids in the city of New York. The main characters are Gabe and Rosemary.

Little Manhattan is about two kids in New York and Gabe (Josh Hutcherson) falls in love with a girl named Rosemary (Charlie Ray). Gabe has never felt this feeling before and he started this feeling this feeling when they both were in karate lessons. Gabe’s parents are splitting up and his dad sleeps on the couch while his mom is going on match.com. Rosemary’s parents are soap opera writers. The two kids knew each other from kindergarten. Well Gabe and Rosemary start going around New York together. They search for an apartment together and venture around. Then he kisses Rosemary and has a bad aftermath that he regrets.

The good parts about this movie are how Gabe’s story and his parents’ story are parallel. This movie is also not just for children. It could be for adults too. It’s cool how adults could relate to this movie about their first love. Also they could relate on how love sucks and how it’s great. It also shows how kids have fun or what they do in a city like New York. It was really funny and they could’ve made this movie really bland, but they actually made it very interesting and wanted you to stay and watch. Also it showed what the children were thinking and imagining which really run along with a kid that is 11 years old.

The low and not so great parts are how the movie seems to praise New York and show how New York is so great and never really shows too many bad things that happen in New York. Otherwise this movie was a good one I’d give it 4 out of 5 stars.

“Little Manhattan”

by Emanuel

This movie is called “Little Manhattan” And it is filmed entirely in New York. The cast includes Josh Hutcherson, Charlie Ray and others. It was made in 2005. The director and writer are really husband and wife. The actors were young and inexperienced. Their first kiss was both actors’ first kiss.


Is about two kids who are friends in kindergarten then they are divided by an invisible wall in their class; Girls on one side boys on the other. But, in the karate class that doesn’t count. Now they’re friends again and Gabe is trying to make her like him. He falls in love with her but she is kind of hesitant. When she earns her yellow belt and has to change her partner he gets disappointed. Both kids learn what love is and how hard it is to love. Gabe has parents who are split up and Gabe has to learn about Love, Girls and life.

I feel this movie is cool because it has some humor. I also like it because the kid gets hurt. I also enjoyed it because it is like real life.

I didn’t like it because it was about little kids. Also because the little kids are dating at such a young age. Their first kiss is at 11 and 10.5. That is pretty disgusting.

REVIEW FOR LITLE MANHATTAN

by Genesee

In the movie Little Manhattan two eleven year olds who become good friends after not seeing each other in five years. The reuniting of the two children results in bewilderment, and the heartbreaking experiences of your first love. Both Charlie Ray and Josh Hutcherson made this movie work really good.

This movie takes place in present day New York or also known as the “Big Apple”. In the beginning Gabe, (Josh Hutcherson), isn’t all that interested in girls, but after deciding to take karate he figures out what love feels like. At first he doesn’t know what to think about being with Rosemary, (Charlie Ray), but finds out he enjoys being around her. Gabe and Rosemary start to hang out more and more after reuniting, and as this goes on Gabe wants to push the relationship with Rosemary further.

I liked the movie because it’s a romantic comedy everybody can enjoy. Almost every one can relate to love and how hard it was to try to impress that certain person. Gabe demonstrates how stupid you act around that certain person, and then you can hear what he’s actually thinking when he does all these stupid things. I think that it’s a real plus side to be able to hear what the character is thinking, because every body can remember that they thought the same things Gabe. This would be a good movie for all to enjoy because it has a combination of sweetness, comedy, and romance all mixed in to one smoothie.

If they had a couple more scenes it would have improved the movie by a bunch. One thing that I think was needed was more of a closure on the ending. Another thing it needed was a little scene to tell you what Rosemary was thinking. If we could just here a little of what Rosemary was thinking then we would understand what happened a little more. Most of what I’m trying to say is that we need to know a little more about what’s happening in both their heads and what goes down in the end.

-Little Manhattan-

by Danielle

The movie is called “little Manhattan”. It was made in 2005. The director is Mark Levin and the writer Jennifer Flackett.

The movie “Little Manhattan” is about this boy named Gabe and this girl named Rosemary. Gabe has known Rosemary since they were in kindergarten class and so does Rosemary. They become partners and he eventually starts to like her.

What I like about the movie is how they’re so young and they’re in love. I want that to happen to me which is kind of why I like it. Another reason of why I like it is because its in Manhattan, New York I’ve always wanted to go there. One of my favorite artists lives there. Hopefully I can go there.

A couple of reasons why I didn’t like the movie are how loud Gabe cries that just annoys me. He cries as if he was five years old…it bugs me!! Another thing I don’t like is when he pukes his whole head is in the toilet…that’s nasty!! Well that’s pretty much what I don’t like.
by Marco

The name of the movie was little Manhattan and it was a pretty good movie. The movie was about two 11 year old kids that are in love Rosemary and Gabe. They live in the city of New York. These two kids are the main characters of the movie. In the movie Gabe and Rosemary find out what love feels like. Gabe falls in love with her when he attends karate class and she is there when he shows up. She is the only person that Gabe knows everyone else is a stranger to him. When they were in kinder garden they use to hang out together all the time but when they enter 1st grade boys think that girls have cooties and don’t like to hang out with them anymore. The movie was a pretty good one it had all the things that a regular movie would have. It is also a good movie to watch with the whole family. The movie is not a kid’s movie but it has kids playing roles of two kids in love. Liked how the kid Gabe was narrating the whole movie. The movie had a lot of nice sites and showed lots of parts of New York. The bad parts of this movie were that they were advertising so many things like the concert. I also didn’t like the ending it only showed what happened to his parents and not him and Mary rose. All of the movies should have had a happy ending but over all I think that this was a good movie.
by Maureen

What movie shows the heartbreaking evidence of love and how it can effect your life better than “Little Manhattan”. “Little Manhattan” is a sweet, romantic comedy starring Josh Hutcherson and Charlie Ray. It was directed by Mark Levin and written by Jennifer Flackett. This movie is everything a romantic comedy can be.
“Little Manhattan” takes place in present day New York. Gabe (Josh Hutcherson) and Rosemary (Charlie Ray) explore the meaning of love throughout this movie. During the movie you hear Gabe’s point of view towards Rosemary and his obsession towards her. The story begins when Gabe joins Karate and is finally reunited with Rosemary. He becomes Rosemary’s sparring partner and close friend. As they start to hang out more, and more Gabe sinks into a huge crush. But that one crush soon develops into love and affection.
Altogether this movie is a tender, sappy, romantic, comedy for the whole family to watch. “Little Manhattan” isn’t one of those movies that don’t show the real side of love. On the contrary it shows all the awkward parts, and sweet parts of love. Also while Gabe is narrating the story you can kind of feel what he feels and how much Rosemary means to him. “Little Manhattan” is a movie that is unforgettable and will stay in your heart forever.
On the other hand the movie did have its ups and downs. When heartbroken Gabe cries it was not as believable as I thought it probably should have been. Although showing he was heartbroken was believable, while he was crying it seemed more like forced whining. I also thought the ending was blah. The ending never felt fully developed. It seemed something should have happened between Rosemary and Gabe.


Grade A-

-Little Manhattan-

by Amanda B.

This movie is called “Little Manhattan.” It is a fun, loving, and heartwarming story for both kids and adults. The director of this love story is Mark Levin and the writer is Jennifer Flackett. This film is a one of a kind. The film takes place in New York City in the present time. It’s about two 11 year old kids falling in love. The two 11 year olds are Gabe (Josh Hutcherson) and Rosemary (Charlie Ray). They were friends in Kindergarten and grew up together as friends, but Gabe didn’t take it as being friends he liked her as more than a friend. Until, Rosemary had to go to a camp and they had to be apart.
I liked the movie because it shows a lot of caring and shows what real love is. The film could be for adults, teens, and children. The movie actually shows what Gabe feels about Rosemary. In the movie it also shows Gabe’s imagination about Rosemary. Otherwise the movie is a family movie that’s heartwarming.
I kind of didn’t like some of the movie because I think the writer should’ve taken out the parents so it can be more about Gabe and Rosemary. Also, the movie could probably take out the other boy in the karate class. Another part is kind of the beginning part where kids thought girls had cooties. Some parts in the movie are not really worth putting in the movie. But, other than that the movie was good.

4-22-09.1 Review on “LITTLE MADHATTAN’’

by Molly

The movie Little Manhattan is a very good for young love. It shows that all love is different for many people. This movie shows a different side of New York with the kids running around having fun.

In Manhattan, the 10 ¾ years old Gabe finds his first love when he meets his former kindergarten mate, the eleven years old Rosemary, in his karate classes. But, before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not being going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love and girls. Confused with his new feelings and with the divorce process of his beloved parents, Leslie and Adam .He experiences the delightful unknown sensation of being in love for the first time.

The first reason I like this movie is because it is in one of my favorite states that is in New York and the town is Manhattan of course. The second reason is because the lead actors are so cute together when they are at dinner together on their first date and it is really nice. The third reason is because while there is young love Gabes mom & dad are getting divorce they have to find out love all over again. The fourth reason why I like the movie is because of the boy GABE. He is trying to make is relationship to work while his mom and dad are getting a divorce and he his really cute in this movie. The last reason I like the movie is because of the way they made the movie were Gabe and rosemary go to clean New York and dirty new York form the park to karat class and the restaurant it so cool how they go to one place to another.

The first reason I didn’t like the movie is because the girl didn’t go to the school that he was going to so she could it see him and he couldn’t see her. The second reason why I didn’t like the movie is because the mom was doing match.com while her son is going thorough a relationship no a good thing for the mom. The third reason why I didn’t like the movie is because really karate class gives me a break maybe I don’t know a different class instead of that. The fourth reason I didn’t like the movie is because the kid throwing up I mean it was funny but really in a love story is it necessity. The last reason is because too much mmm signs about New York that is it.

P.s. I didn’t the movie