Life in NY

***Life in NY*** is a 2000 American computer-animated adventure drama film directed by Hiro K.O. It is the first film Hiro made for Paramount, . TBA, TBA, TBA, and TBA star as four boys who live in New York City. The animation of the film uses computer-generated imagery (CGI), with MountainLabs handling animation services.

*Life in NY* premiered at the Radio City Music Hall, New York on June 30, 2000 and was released in the United States on July 7, 2000 and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, score, voice acting, and writing but was controversial among parents who considered the film to be too dark and violent for kids, even with a PG rating, causing the film to receive generally high ratings in other regions, However it was a box office success  grossing $324.9 million against a $55 million budget and with its home media release, the film has since attained a cult following, particularly among those who grew up with the film.

## Release

### Theatrical

*Life In NY* was released in theaters on July 7, 2000, by Paramount Pictures. It was originally scheduled for a December 1999 theatrical release, but was delayed to July 2000 when Paramount's other animated film *Detective Dog* was moved to the December 2000 slot. The film was accompanied by the short animated film *Magic Royale* featuring Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda from Zanytoons.

### Marketing

The first trailer was released theatrically in late 1999 with *Detective Dog*. A second trailer consisting of new animation debuted in March 2000.

Burger King promoted the film with a set of 8 Big Kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film at the time of the film's release, Mattel produced a series of *Life in NY* figures

### Video Game

*Main article: Life in NY (video game)*

A video game based on the film was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Namco for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Windows which was released on June 30, 2000. Namco also released two more video games for Game Boy Color, which were developed by Vicarious Visions and Crawfish Interactive respectively. A Nintendo 64 version was scheduled for release in late 2001 to be developed by Eurocom but was never released for unknown reasons.

### Home media

*Main article: Life in NY/Home media*

*Life In NY* was released on VHS and DVD on December 19, 2000, by Paramount Home Entertainment. In December 2001, *Variety* reported it was the fifth best-selling home video release of the year selling 8.4 million copies and garnering $175 million. It was re-released on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray in North America on May 24, 2010, and re-released again on DVD on July 17, 2018.

## Reception

### Box office

The film earned $98.4 million in North American theaters and another $226.5 million from other countries. The worldwide gross was $324.9 million against a budget of $54 million.

### **Critical reception**

The film generally received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "Certified Fresh" rating of 91% based on 57 reviews and a rating average of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "*TBA*" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

## Legacy

### Cancelled Sequel

On October 25, 2000, *Variety* reported that *TBA* writer TBA had signed a writing deal with *Paramount Pictures* and *Nickelodeon Movies* to write a sequel to *Life in NY* titled *Life In Philadelphia*, which was to have TBA. Like the first film, it was planned to be produced by Nickelodeon Movies with CGI animation provided again by MountainLabs, and was also considered for theatrical release and was set for a 2006 release. However, by 2004, the sequel was cancelled due to production problems.

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## Transcripts

### Main

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### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.