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70% Critic Match
Metropolitan
“Finally... A film about the downwardly mobile.”
7.0 / 10• 1990• 1h 39m•PG-13• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
Cast & Crew
EC
Edward Clements
Tom Townsend
Lead
Chris Eigeman
Nick Smith
Taylor Nichols
Charlie Black
Carolyn Farina
Audrey Rouget
Isabel Gillies
Cynthia McLean
DH
Dylan Hundley
Sally Fowler
AP
Allison Parisi
Jane Clarke
BL
Bryan Leder
Fred Neff
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Whit Stillman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Metropolitan is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
