Living For The City

Just caught City Island, a comedy about a New York family that has a lot of secrets. I had no idea what to expect. Turned out to be pretty good. In some ways it reminded me of Moonstruck, another film about family, love and crisscrossing stories (though that was in Brooklyn and this is in the Bronx).

I'd never heard of the actual City Island, which sounds like an interesting place. Before this film, my view of the Bronx was as a place you drive through to get somewhere else. The movie gives the impression that being out on Long Island Sound, City Island feels it's a place apart.