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-