I saw Meet Me in New York when I awaiting dental surgery, and it's a pleasant time filler as I awaiting being put under general anesthesia. Meet Me in New York was filmed in Hamilton, Ontario, with the usual New York City stock shots to give a sense of realism.

I could sense it was filmed in clean Canada because the grittiness of New York City was kind of lacking. This wasn't the New York City of Law and Order that's for sure. The New York City in Meet Me in New York was very sanitized. But still, all credit to the cast and crew for filming post-pandemic.

Perhaps there will be a grittier sequel sometime.

These kind of movies usually follow the same tried and tested method of feel good cheesy love stories with likeable main characters who find a way to each others hearts. This one however has literally the worst male lead character... What an abnoxious, entitled, rude mansplainer.

Jo destroys the cheesy love. Why would the female lead fall for someone who spends the entire movie being utterly horrible to her?? It is uncomfortable to watch at times even though they try to hide it behind awful attempts at humour. And her boss is basically do whatever it takes or 'YOURE FIRED!'.

Don't bother with this one.

Just about handled the ridiculously dysfunctional lead pair but I couldn't get passed the supersize kids' party - when the venue suggested kids paint on the walls and the venue would just paint over - hello! Would cost a fortune to repaint that studio! Too often parties are a total nightmare ie when birthdays just become a competitive cash-wars extravaganza (or in this case guilty conscience) and not about the kids themselves. If they have everything young, there's nothing to look forward to later in life. One activity is a beautiful treat - stick with that and they'll appreciate all events, even when they are going through financial hardship.