Fresh
Moscow would be in a lot of trouble without a superbly sensitive portrayal by Robin Williams of a gentle Russian circus musician who makes a sudden decision to defect while visiting the US.
Variety Staff, Variety
Moscow on the Hudson
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again.
1984 · 1h 55m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Paul Mazursky
Overview
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
Director and cast
- Paul Mazursky Director
- Robin Williams as Vladimir Ivanoff
- María Conchita Alonso as Lucia Lombardo
- Cleavant Derricks as Lionel Witherspoon
- Alejandro Rey as Orlando Ramirez
- Savely Kramarov as Boris, KGB agent
- Ilya Baskin as Anatoly Cherkasov
- Oleg Rudnik as Yuri
- Aleksandr Beniaminov as Vladimir's Grandfather
- Lyudmila Kramarevskaya as Vladimir's Mother
- Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand as Vladimir's Father
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Where it scores so highly is not only in its ability to evoke Vladimir's astonishment at the bizarre, sometimes brutal texture of New York life, but also in the generosity it extends to the musician's sad predicament.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It made me feel good to be an American, and good that Vladimir Ivanoff was going to be one, too.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Mr. Mazursky's fictional conceits do not do justice to Vladimir or to his situation, either in the Soviet Union or this country.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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