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Really? Nobody else here as excited as I am over this? Lacking in the extras department by the looks of it, but this is a long time favourite of mine ever since seeing it at the much missed Lumiere cinema in London with a friend who loved it as much as I did.
Having said that it’s years since I last saw it, so I’m hoping it holds up…

I place this choice in the same category as Mother: A movie I enjoy from a Director I like but don't necessarily see as worthy of inclusion in the Collection. Criterion clearly is showing love for Joan Micklin Silver, and even though I'm not as high on Chilly Scenes Of Winter as others are, it's cool they are spotlighting her. I think Hester Street is easily her best film, but Kino already grabbed it. Having said all of that, this is an enjoyable romantic comedy. Peter Riegert (pickle man!) is particularly charming in it.

I know one other person that does see it as worthy: my Mom. I'll probably buy it for her to replace her VHS tape.

Dr Amicus wrote:Really? Nobody else here as excited as I am over this? Lacking in the extras department by the looks of it, but this is a long time favourite of mine ever since seeing it at the much missed Lumiere cinema in London with a friend who loved it as much as I did.
Having said that it’s years since I last saw it, so I’m hoping it holds up…

I am. I have very fond memories of seeing this with my mom when it was first released. It made me feel very grownup.

This is a nice movie but not really worthy of being part of the collection. Criterion must be getting desperate.

What does the comment above me even mean? How are they getting desperate?

Yeah, I don't see this as being a weird choice for Criterion at all. They've done other rom com films like Something Wild and The Lady Eve.

I assume their implication is that Criterion is desperate for films directed by women to release. This ignores, of course, that this director’s films clearly sell since several have recently come out on Blu from Kino, Cohen, and Criterion, so there’s obviously an audience beyond any box being ticked

That said, I never watched this after buying the DVD for $3.95 in one of WB’s stock clearance sales, so I can’t weigh in on the film itself!

Though it's a pretty good movie, it's not something I would purchase. But I know there are ardent fans of it out there, and I think Criterion continues to be eager to reach beyond the arthouse/foreign/Classic Hollywood crowd. And If sales of this help subsidize less commercial releases, bring it on.

This is an absolute charmer with a devoted fanbase, especially among women cinephiles. Peter Riegert's pickle man is an all-timer love interest and it's his best performance. Thrilled to upgrade this.

Speaking personally, I was thrilled by the announcement and consider it one of my favourite romance movies of the 80s. I love the specificity of the setting, the recognition of errors we all make in the characters, the broad look and feel of its photography and design, its use of of Roaches songs, among many things. I’m sorry if it doesn’t land so hard for others.

A great, wholesome film that will definitely hit with anyone curious, mostly, per the collection, the Moonstruck crowd that hasn't been privvy up to this point.

I've always admired the usage of a female musician in a bit part casually dropping a key 3rd act plot point (here with Suzzy Roche, of The Roches), later to be echoed with Lauren Roselli (Book Of Love) in Silence Of The Lambs, and, later, Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday) in der große Lebowski.

Yes, this film is lovely and as sincere a time capsule of 1980s Manhattan as I've seen.

I wasn't moved by the film, but it does have its charms and manages to insert some adult idiosyncratic observations into an otherwise straightforward genre pic

I'm thrilled for this release. It's one of my favorite romantic comedies from the eighties. I'm glad to see its inclusion. I've already preordered it.

It's streaming on YouTube, so I watched it last night and found it utterly charming. Amy Irving and Peter Riegert have excellent onscreen chemistry, and the film's a great time capsule of 1980s Manhattan. I'm tempted to call it "Moonstruck in a Minor Key," in the sense that the central couple is much more even-tempered than Cher and Nic Cage's characters, certainly much more to my liking. (I think Moonstruck is great, too, but I find Izzy and Sam more compelling.)

I do wonder how long Sam could keep that pickle stand open. That seems like a pretty niche business, even by the standards of the late 80s. A quick Google search reveals that there's one remaining barrel-cured pickle shop left on the Lower East Side, though I'm sure it's easy enough to find pickles at other establishments.