Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Yanira, who says: “(It’s) a movie about living in the Big Apple and pickles. What’s not to love?”
Can an independent, modern woman find love and happiness with a pickle salesman? Anything is possible — even romance — when Isabelle Grossman (Amy Irving) dares to open her heart and change her life by crossing Delancey. Grossman, an attractive, intelligent Jewish woman in her early 30s, has a good job and a nice apartment in New York’s Upper West Side. But her Bubbie (grandmother) wants her to find a nice Jewish man and get married — so Bubbie hires a matchmaker to find the perfect man: a pickle salesman named Sam Posner (Peter Riegert) who lives in the more traditional neighborhood south of Delancey Street. Now, what seems to be a complete mismatch develops into a sweet romance as Posner patiently, kindly and thoughtfully woos the initially unwilling Grossman. Based on the play by Susan Sandler.
“What makes CROSSING DELANCEY so appealing is the warm and leisurely way it arrives at its inevitable conclusion…. The director, Joan Micklin Silver, and the writer, Susan Sandler (adapting her own play), manage to combine a down-to-earth, contemporary outlook with the dreaminess of a fairy tale.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times (Aug 24, 1988) “CROSSING DELANCEY is unqualified pleasure, bound on every side by love.” —Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times (Aug 31, 1988) “A joy of a romantic comedy. It's got warmth, brains, heart and humor. So what's not to like?” —Jay Carr, Boston Globe (Sep 18, 1988)
