City Island

...this story about these people, it finds about the right tone. They're silly and foolish, as are we all, but deserve what happiness they can negotiate.

An, at-times, marvellous muddle of high farce and low-brow chuckles.

For those tired of clashing titans or weepy teen romances, City Island is a breath of fresh air.

This small-scale comedy-drama set in the titular Bronx fishing village is light relief from tin-can superheroes and girly shopping trips.

Director Raymond De Felitta handles the characters with tact and grace, using a lived-in, unexaggerated setting to reveal basic truths about human nature.