5/5 Love this movie so glad it's finally on DVD
  by kadairh
Have had a battered second-hand VHS version for years ever since I rented it and loved the movie, and had to find a copy for myself. Love the story and its messages. The only part of the plot that slightly jars is that Izzy initially set up a friend to go out with Sam, but then the friend got dumped by Sam after a rained-out game when he met up with Izzy instead, the plot doesn't deal with that impact to Izzy's friendship. Also the characters can be a little 2-dimensional at times. Otherwise brilliant movie and love the fact i have it now! :-)

5/5 BOOKS, PICKLES, LOVE - We should be so lucky!
  by I'd rather be at Pemberley! (Orange County, California)
One of my all time favorite movies. Its unlike any other romantic comedy.

An independent bookstore manager is "courted" by a pickle seller who was introduced by a Jewish matchmaker that was hired by the bookstore managers Grandmother. NEED I SAY MORE?

Amy Irving "Izzy" is a "bookie" who is close to her independent Jewish Grandmother. Her Bubbie hires a Jewish Matchmaker to find her a husband. The candidate played by Peter Riegert, sells pickles but Izzy isn't buying. A modern woman, Izzy rebels against the archaic ritual and vehemently resists. She is infatuated with an author and the pickle man does not fit the bill.

But as the saying goes, NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER! Izzy finds love while Crossing Delancey and its not to go to the bookstore! Pickles anyone?

Great cast, wonderful acting, refreshing and endearing! Reizl Bozyk as the Grandmother is exceptional! One of Amy Irving' best performance and Peter Riegert is engaging. A GEM!

5/5 Great Movie!
  by R. Duntley
This is a wonderful movie.....not the "beat em up and bust em" flicks that have polluted the screen lately. The characters and just great. A real people movie!

4/5 Home is Where the Heart Is...
  by Mark J. Fowler (Okinawa, Japan)
In Crossing Delancey Amy Irving stars as Isabella "Izzy" Grossman, a nice Jewish 30-ish lady who wants to think of herself as a sophisticated modern New York woman who has outgrown her background. Izzy works in a Manhattan bookstore, but this isn't one of those mall conglomerate chain bookstores, this is one of those cozy Manhattan stores where crowds gather for poetry readings and famous literati walk in regularly.

Izzie's Bubbie, played by Reizl Bozyk, is the kind of Jewish grandmother who wants to know "so why aren't you married yet??" She hooks Izzie up with an old school Matchmaker played by Sylvia Miles. To placate her Bubbie, Izzy agrees to meet with the matchmaker and her match, Sam, a nice guy played by Peter Riegert. Sam has inherited his father's pickle business and you just know that Izzie would no sooner marry a pickle man than Jed Clampett.

Jeroen Krabbe plays Anton Maes, an arrogant and self-centered writer who strokes Izzie's ego by offering her a job as his personal assistant. Anton has, perhaps, less than pure motives.

Will Izzie wind up with Anton or Sam? When I saw this film on it's initial release I thought that it was an excellent romantic comedy with smart, accomplished characters. On a second viewing two decades later the characters seemed a little more cardboard, but there are romantic comedies far worse than "Crossing Delancey". It makes me wish Amy Irving had made as many romantic comedies as Meg Ryan or Sandra Bullock.

5/5 crossing delancey
  by Linda K. Warford (tulsa oklahoma)
this movie is in great condition Amazon is a great place to order from Thanks