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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

Play trailer Poster for Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York PG 1975 1h 53m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A spoiled young woman (Jeannie Berlin) tries to make it in New York and latches onto a guy (Roy Scheider) who tries to forget her.

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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York is a tonally confused adaptation that drains the novel's sharp edge into a half-hearted romantic fantasy.

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Martin Knelman Globe and Mail Oct 8
The problem is not the resolution but the outlook of the whole movie. Go to Full Review John Simon New York Magazine/Vulture 04/09/2025
What minimal value the novel may have had is forfeited by this appalling adaption of the story. Go to Full Review Judith Crist New York Magazine/Vulture 04/09/2025
The heroine, played by Jeannie Berlin, emerges as a dull klutz, a humorless whiner with bulldog determination and charm to match. Go to Full Review Charles Brock Florida Times-Union Feb 4
The book is infinitely funnier than the screen play. Go to Full Review Frances Taylor Newark Star-Ledger Aug 27
The screenplay is trite and dull. Go to Full Review Norman Dresser Toledo Blade 04/09/2025
Furie, who apparently had at least skimmed the novel but failed utterly to absorb its message, gives the film a dark, dismal look totally at varience with the admittedly feeble stabs to create a comedy romance. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/02/2016 Best movie I've seen all year. Okay, it's 2016, but still. Great performances all around, and don't hate me for saying this, but this is the best I've seen Roy Scheider. He's more vulnerable here than I've ever seen him before. I caught it on TCM, but if you missed it, it's on The Paramount Vault on YouTube, an awesome legal channel for watching a ton of stuff, a lot of which has never been on DVD or VHS, like this one. See more Read all reviews
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Sidney J. Furie

Director

Jeannie Berlin

Sheila Levine

Roy Scheider

Sam Stoneman

Rebecca Dianna Smith

Kate

Janet Brandt

Bernice

Sid Melton

Manny
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Synopsis A spoiled young woman (Jeannie Berlin) tries to make it in New York and latches onto a guy (Roy Scheider) who tries to forget her.
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Producer
Harry Korshak
Screenwriter
Gail Parent, Kenny Solms
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 12, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 12, 2010
Runtime
1h 53m