Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
A Rainy Day in New York is quintessential late-period Woody Allen — beautifully shot by Vittorio Storaro with lush, golden-hued Manhattan cinematography that is genuinely exceptional. The plot is a breezy, episodic romantic comedy with Allen's characteristic witty dialogue, but it retreads very familiar Allen territory (neurotic intellectual young man, glamorous New York, romantic misadventures) without adding much new. Acting is competent — Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning are charming but the roles don't demand a great deal — hovering just above average. Novelty suffers because this feels like Allen on autopilot, recycling his own well-worn formula. The ending is abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying, wrapping up too neatly without real emotional payoff.