Autumn in New York is a by-the-numbers love story, right down to its opening shot of, yes, autumn in New York. Richard Gere stars as restaurateur/lady's man Will, while Winona Ryder plays the airy-fairy, oh-too-delicate-for-this-world Charlotte. Will is 48, Charlotte is 22, and it just keeps getting creepier: Will actually used to hang out with Charlotte's mom. She plays artily with beads and sparkly things, he notices how elfin and different she is (inspiring such stomach-churning dialogue as "I find you completely unprecedented and therefore utterly unpredictable"), and soon they're in love. Ah, but it's doomed: she has a tumor in her heart (just in case you missed the significance, Charlotte says "I'm sick in my heart!"). Does Charlotte have enough time left to teach Will to truly love? While Gere does a stoic job, Ryder spends a lot of time being darling and winsome, aided by the fact that Charlotte has managed to catch one of those special movie diseases where you never look bad or get tubes stuck up your nose. Director Joan Chen doesn't have much of a script to work with, but at least she knows how to pick a cinematographer; the whole movie is shot in gorgeous fall-leaf colors. Several excellent supporting actors are trapped in this movie: Jill Hennessey and Anthony LaPaglia do their very best, but what can they do in the face of such a sweeping, creepy love? Autumn in New York is nothing if not an earnest movie, and it certainly means well. Much like Charlotte, it seems to cry, "Can you let me love you? Please?" No. --Ali Davis
Richard Gere | Will Keane |
Winona Ryder | Charlotte Fielding |
Anthony LaPaglia | John |
Joan Chen | |
Elaine Stritch | Dolly |
Vera Farmiga | Lisa Tyler |
Tom Rosenberg | |
Gary Lucchesi | |
Sherry Stringfield | Sarah |
Amy Robinson | |
Jill Hennessy | Lynn McCale |
J.K. Simmons | Dr. Tom Grandy |
Sam Trammell | Simon |
Mary Beth Hurt | Dr. Sibley |
Kali Rocha | Shannon |
Steven Randazzo | Alberto |
Toby Poser | Autumn Woman #1 |
Edgar Selge | |
George Spielvogel III | Netto |
Andrea Sawatzki | |
Ranjit Chowdhry | Fakir |
Moritz Bleibtreu | |
Audrey Quock | Eriko |
Christian Berkel | |
Tawny Cypress | Melissa |
Oliver Stokowski | |
Gabriel Portuondo | 458 Waiter |
Timo Dierkes | |
Laurent Schwaar | 458 Waiter |
Lars Gärtner | |
Patrick Price | 458 Waiter |
Wotan Wilke Möhring | |
Ted Koch | 458 Bartender |
Stephan Szasz | |
Alvin H. Einbender | 458 Bartender (as Alvin Einbender) |
Polat Dal | |
Daniella Van Graas | Model at Bar |
Danny Richter | |
Rachel Nichols | Model at Bar |
Ralf Müller | |
Steven Ravid | 458 Customer |
Markus Rudolf | |
Ron Emanuel | 458 Customer |
Peter Fieseler | |
Dan Camins | 458 Customer |
Thorsten Dersch | |
John Guidera | 458 Customer |
Sven Grefer | |
Russell Hunston | 458 Customer |
Justus von Dohnányi | |
Nik Pjeternikaj | 458 Customer |
Nicki von Tempelhoff | |
Paige Handler | Charlotte's Birthday Friend |
Antoine Monot Jr. | |
Liza Lapira | Charlotte's Birthday Friend |
Jacek Klimontko | |
Sarah Teresa Burns | Little Girl at Playground (as Sarah Burns) |
Sarah Burns | Little Girl at Playground |
Markus Klauk | |
Bill Raymond | Michael (Doorman) |
Ralph Püttmann | |
Earl Carroll | Will's Driver |
Philipp Hochmair | |
David Filippi | Taxi Driver |
Klaus Spinnler | |
Becca Lee | Michelle |
Tristan Vostry | |
Estelle Robinson | Old Frail Lady |
Maren Eggert | |
Brittney Bunkis | Little Girl at Museum |
André Jung | |
Delores Mitchell | Librarian |
Uwe Rohde | |
Hatsumi Yoshida | Clown at Halloween Party |
Heiner Lauterbach | |
Kristi Lee Guinness | 50's Girl at Halloween Party |
Fatih Akin | |
Luca Waldman | Vampire at Halloween Party |
Christiane Gerboth | |
Daniella Canterman | Twin (as Daniella Cantermen) |
Deanna Canterman | Twin (as Deanna Cantermen) |
Harry Burney | Choirmaster |
Cheyne M. Hansen | Boy at Rockerfeller |
Pamela Twyble | Nurse at Cleveland Heart Institute |
Iris Flick | Nurse at New Haven Hospital |
Kathleen Goldpaugh | St. Vincent's Nurse |
Robert Plunket | Grubby Man |
Gabriel Yared | Composer |
Shawna Bermender | Ballroom Dancer |
Lindsay Canton | Young Teacher at Museum |
Changwei Gu | Cinematographer |
Kathryn Hayzer | Ballroom Dancer |
Ruby Yang | Editor |
Mark Friedberg | Production Designer |
Timothy Huang | 458 Waiter |
Jess Gonchor | Art Director |
Nami Paix | Birthday Friend |
Rohan Quine | The Moroccan |
Catherine Davis | Set Decorator |
Carol Oditz | Custome Designer |