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Looking for Kitty

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Original title

Looking for Kitty

Year

2004

Running time

105 min.

Country

United States

Director

Edward Burns

Screenwriter

Edward Burns

Cast

Music

Robert Gary

Cinematography

William Rexer

Producer

THINKFilm

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Synopsis

A funny and charming look at the relationship between two lonely outcasts thrown together by circumstance on the streets of New York City. Small-town baseball coach Abe (David Krumholtz) has come to the Big Apple from upstate to search for his wife, Kitty, who left him six months earlier with no forwarding address and no explanation. Distraught, Abe calls on Jack (Edward Burns), an out-of-work detective whose gruff exterior hides a heart of gold. Though he considers the case "strictly nickel and dime" Jack desperately needs the work. The two men forge a friendship while staking out Kitty's friends, over lunches in the cold and rain, and during one night of drinking with Jack's super.

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Critics' reviews

"Burns pads around Gotham, yammering yesterday's op-eds about Disneyfication and 'classic New York holdouts.' He somehow manages to sound fogyish AND immature."

Scott Brown: Entertainment Weekly
"Though passable at best, the digital camerawork does aptly convey the bleakness of the city’s sidewalks and streets during winter."

Laura Kern: The New York Times
"Offers moments of striking insight amid the inevitable self-indulgence."

Elizabeth Weitzman: New York Daily News
"It might be the most maturely conceived role in Burns's films, but the plot around it is flimsy, the visual storytelling simpleminded, and the general ideas for character one-note."

Michael Atkinson: Village Voice
"A slight movie. But it has its share of charm and is a pleasant way to spend a little over an hour. It also is a sign that Burns might actually have talent."

V.A. Musetto: New York Post
"Burns has continued to cram one-dimensional characters into thinly plotted comedy-dramas, hoping to re-impress moviegoers with his aloof leading-man charm"

Noel Murray: AV Club

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