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Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

Family · Comedy · 2004

Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.

Movie details

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

2004 Family · Comedy 1h 26m

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7.3 / 10

Community rating

Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Vince

Written by

Anna McRoberts · Anne Vince

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

Ray

Makenzie Vega

Makenzie Vega

Sal

I

Irene Olga López

Rosamaria

Louis Ferreira

Louis Ferreira

Matt Tomley

Christine Tucci

Christine Tucci

Laura Tomley

Maurice Godin

Maurice Godin

Wesley

Ethan Phillips

Ethan Phillips

Marty

Court is in session

Put Chestnut: Hero of Central Park on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.