I took time to write a review, brilliant idea for a film, combining so many perspectives in a famous, fast moving city. Great camera work, it all blending in such a satisfying and fullfilling watch. I am full for now, thank you for the awesome time.

Seriously. Not "Friends" or "Sex in The City". This is such a love letter to an amazing, beloved city. There have been plenty of times when a few friends and I have grabbed a soda or a bottle of water and set-out trying to walk from the Bowery all the way up to Harlem on Broadway (and, no, we weren't slumming trustafarians or judgmental tourists -- we're just a ragged bunch of old CBGB punks, now in our mid 40's with creaky arthritic knees, but a serious love for NYC -- especially OLD NYC, not the gentrified madness spreading in every direction). It truly is an amazing stretch of road. I've never liked shows like Friends, Seinfeld or Sex In The City because they showed such a vanilla, white-washed view of NYC. No rich diversity. Barely any people of color or range of socio-economic levels, if ever. I know a lot of people just won't understand what I'm talking about, but this is such a great doc. It captures such a great snapshot from one day -- from Uptown to Downtown. Real people, real stories, real slices of their lives. This wasn't all done in a month or over a year..it's different views in just one simple day. It's a beautiful project.

truly a new yorkers view on NYC to be exact.this film captures the NY i work in and enjoy ...there is nothing not to like about this film.fun,gritty,artsy,sentimental and fun .living on long island i always miss "the city" when i retreat home in the wee hours after plying my livery trade.....you really have to love this film

how can people live on top of each other in such filth and love it? it's beyond me, and yes I've been there a few times. Couldn't wait to leave each time. No privacy. Such an unhealthy place for humans and other living things, I guess to be expected it's mostly concrete.
Everyone is there for one reason, 'to fulfill their dreams"? to make it big/rich. It's not to get a shoe box size apartment for 2k a month and walk up and down all around town. You would think with all that walking people wouldn't be in such bad shape.I was born the country's best West Coast city, some years it was the country's best. But I still, with all I know now, would never live in a concrete jungle again.
Perfect definition of insanity is 8.5 million people all living on an island thinking they're all gonna get discovered and make it to the top of the pyramid. Never happen, lives in vain.
So Sad.I live on an island, don't aspire to be rich or famous. I prefer a wealthy life to a rich one. And true wealth is not in the concrete jungle but a real one. Where you will pay $5. for an orchid I go pick one in my yard. How much is a mango in NYC? I have 24 old growth mango trees, that make the soil RICHer than money can buy. Black gold.Oh not your Wall St. gold, but you won't be able to grow anything to eat on Wall St. All of NYC is DEPENDENT on the system continuing, 911 taught them nothing. Blind ambition. The seduction and lure of the great white/wide way.....it costs so much to live there you can never get ahead, unless.....you, at some point and time, you will lie, cheat, or steal. And worst of all you will lie and say you don't.

I grew up here and I was only away for a the better part of a decade as I started my career out in L.A., but I couldn't wait to get back. I am a New Yorker, my family has been in New York since 1625 and I cannot imagine living anywhere else--ever again. That being said: where did they find the people they interviewed ? All these people were so nice--and believe me--there must have been 100 times more people that told these people where they could put their cameras. Most people who come to NYC fail and it is sad to see the high number of starving and homeless out on the street--that somehow missing from this film. Not to leave out the high number of mentally handicapped who our local government have been putting out on the street since Abe Beame was Mayor. New York is great for me because I have money and if you don't have money, spotless credit or at least parents with very deep pockets who will guarantee your rent--you cannot even get an apartment ! Even places like Harlem or Brooklyn which were places where people with less money could live are now being put out of their neighborhoods by the constant flood of metrosexuals into NY. So this was not an accurate picture of Broadway, not to mention NYC. This film is the product of many people and many cameras, but the real blame goes to whoever edited it. You can turn off the sound though and make believe you are looking out your window at the city...hey, I think I will do that right now...and it will be a much better show.

I haven't been to NYC in 10 years and after watching this documentary I have decided to move there....finally. I went for the first time in 1997 and I remember thinking...what an amazing place to be. This film made me laugh and cry and it made me realize how much more enjoyable life would be if I was in NYC:) Here I come to make my dreams a reality...