Synopsis
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
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Cast
- Josh HutchersonGabe
- Charlie RayRosemary
- Bradley WhitfordAdam
- Cynthia NixonLeslie
- Willie GarsonRalph
- J. Kyle ManzayMaster Coles
- Josh PaisRonny
- John DossettMickey Telesco
- Talia BalsamJackie Telesco
- Jonah MeyersonSam
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
Sweetly sentimental story of young love. - 75
New York Daily News
What a treasure - a funny, tart, romantic comedy about tweens suffering the pangs of first love. It makes the cityscape an essential part of the romance, like a junior, vintage Woody Allen. - 63
New York Post
As in Allen's films, the extensive shooting -- mostly at locations in and around Central Park -- takes place in a whitebread world where the only person of color is Rosemary's nanny. - 60
The New York Times
Small-scale, perfectly acted family film. - 60
Los Angeles Times
An endearing, affectionately humorous and even lyrical depiction of the dawning of adolescence amid the privileged, yet Jennifer Flackett's script, for all its sheen, is problematic. - 60
Empire
Not quite as nauseous as its plot might suggest, Little Manhattan is sassy as well as sweet. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
While the juvenile performances are bright and engaging, and there's no shortage of genuinely humorous observations about love and life in the Big Apple, there's an inescapable small-screen dynamic to the scope and rhythm of the production. - 50
L.A. Weekly
At its best, there's a strong (albeit live-action) echo of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" in Little Manhattan. The movie's hero, Gabe, is a world-weary 10-year-old who addresses us in eloquent voice-overs. Like Charlie Brown, he's in love with a red-headed beauty.
