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Metropolitan is a 1990 American romantic comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Whit Stillman, in his feature directorial debut. The film concerns the lives of a group of wealthy young socialites during debutante season in Manhattan.
Aug 3, 1990 · Metropolitan: Directed by Whit Stillman. With Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols. A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
- (12K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Whit Stillman
- 1990-08-03
A witty and sophisticated film about a young man's romantic misadventures in New York City's high society. Nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay, Metropolitan features a cast of newcomers and a director's commentary.
- Audrey Rouget
93% Tomatometer 43 Reviews. 84% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives.
- (43)
- Whit Stillman
- PG-13
- Carolyn Farina
Aug 10, 1990 · A film about New York preppies in the debutante season, written and directed by Whit Stillman. Roger Ebert praises the dialogue, the characters and the nostalgia of the movie, comparing it to Scott Fitzgerald's novels.
Aug 30, 2020 · Whit Stillman's Metropolitan: An Oral History of the Preppiest, WASPiest, Wittiest Comedy of Heirs. On its 30th anniversary, the doomed bourgeoisie, debutantes in distress and founding...
One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit METROPOLITAN, by writer-director Whit Stillman, is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a young man’s romantic misadventures while trying to fit in to New York City’s debutante society.
