Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She .. Read more
| Starring | Amy Irving, Peter Riegert |
|---|---|
| Director | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.
| Starring | Amy Irving, Peter Riegert |
|---|---|
| Director | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1988 |
| Format | DVD |
Izzy Grossman (Irving) is a NY Upper West Sider, managing a bookstore, arranging readings and literary soirées, whose... read more on Time Out
Small but enjoyable celebration of the simple life.
Briliant film for all single women to watch, so that they learn to recognise the good men in life, that you should date, as opposed to the arrogant losers that you shouldn't. In essence, it's like Bridget Jones, just set in New York and filmed in the Eighties, with less of the shmaltz and more of the pickles.