That was an excellent one.

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York City. This is a film that has some of the most boring love stories i've seen in a long time, the acting is bland and even worse good talent gets wasted threw the toilet. (0/10)

These are approximately a dozen stories taking place in NYC. Some of them are interconnected. There are some good, some bad and some indifferent.1. Hayden Christensen is a thief flirting with Rachel Bilson. That's a scary acting duo. The arrival of Andy García does not necessarily save it.2. Natalie Portman is a religious Jewish buyer who is about to get married and Irrfan Khan is an Indian seller. This is an unusual and fascinating pairing. These are the interesting stuff that makes this movie worthwhile.3. Orlando Bloom is a composer talking to lovely Christina Ricci on the phone who is urging him to finish his work. This is one of those indifferent ones. Exactly how interesting is somebody talking on the phone? 4. Ethan Hawke flirts with Maggie Q after lighting her cigarette. She turns out to be a prostitute. OMG. Ethan Hawke is doing 'Before Sunrise' except a bit edgier and sexually provocative.5. After Anton Yelchin got stood up for prom by Blake Lively, James Caan sets him up with his daughter Olivia Thirlby except she's in a wheelchair. They end up having sex. This is a good one with a fun ending.6. Bradley Cooper and Drea de Matteo are meeting up for a date and we hear their interior monologues. This idea is more interesting on the pages than on the screen.7. Gimpy Shia LaBeouf helps Julie Christie settle into her hotel room. Shia's father John Hurt works at the front desk. It's a bit too desperate to be artistic.8. Carlos Acosta is caring for little girl Taylor Geare as he brings her to Jacinda Barrett. People assume he's a manny. I like the locations but the unknown relationship isn't as interesting as writer/director Natalie Portman hopes. After all, Jeff Goldblum had a black kid when he faced dinosaurs.9. Painter Ugur Yücel buys from herbalist Shu Qi. He asks her out but dies before the date.10. Robin Wright Penn starts talking to stranger Chris Cooper on the street while having a smoke but are they strangers? This could be more but they don't even fully use the time that they're given.11. Eva Amurri is arguing with boyfriend Justin Bartha and he decides to spontaneously buy a trip to Rome.12. Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman are an elderly couple. Two veterans doing aimless conversations while on a very long walk.Emilie Ohana is a video artist who pops up from time to time.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I really don't understand this movie. To the best of my knowledge, it is about portraying different relationships and different cultures in New York. However, the viewer is not given the chance to get to know any of the characters, as new characters continuously throughout the movie are introduced, while the old ones disappear. Thereby, the movie never develops a story and every scene becomes dull and uninteresting. In my opinion, this movie is not a comedy, nor is it about romance. But maybe I am missing something. I must admit, I was expecting something to be compared with e.g. "Love Actually", but there was nothing love actually about this whatsoever. Further, I cannot comment on the acting as each actor/actress basically only had one or two scenes in the movie. In summary, this movie was not for me at all.

When I first I heard of this movie, I thought it would be lighthearted "Sunday afternoon entertainment", such as "Valentine's day". Though I always had great admiration for some of the participants in this project, my expectations weren't high. But I was wrong. And I'm really glad I was wrong, because watching it was a very special experience.Some of the segments made me smile, some almost drove me to tears and one even left me with deep feeling of uneasiness. The point is all of them evoke emotions in viewer. If you expect some epic drama or a movie with strong social message, you may get disappointed, but if you would like to watch warm and inspiring little movie about everyday people, their love, hopes, dreams and struggles, you're in the right place. I personally found some characters easier to relate to, than the others, but there's no doubt that each and every one of them was well written (and portrayed as well). You may not know their past or entire story, but aspects of their life presented in a five minutes or so, say a lot about them.In modern cinematography unfortunately isn't usual to find a movie that represents human soul with all its layers and little details, because the most beautiful messages should not be presented through special effects, nor received by eyesight only. They should be received by heart itself and this movie succeeded in sending such message.