tommy ( edward burn ) be a television production man in manhattan . his girlfriend have just give him the heave ho from their joint apartment and state she doesn not want kid and see no future for them . tommy be miffed because he give up his own dig to move in with her and at her request . he temporarily bunk with his bos ( dennis farina ) . the bos man be womanizer and boasting that he sleep with 500 woman and leave most of them bay at the moon . nevertheless and tommy want his own place so he get in touch with ny realtor and annie ( heather graham ) . they begin at search for a suitable habitat and become friend in the process . annie be marry to a dentist name griffin ( stanley tucci ) . annie want child but and unknown to her and griffin be have a fling with a 19 year old transplant from iowa ( brittany murphy ) and he have be neglect annie in a big way . the young lady and ashley and detests meet griffin in hotel room but have fall for griffin lying promise . there be an attractive young doorman interested in her and too . meanwhile and the doorman beautiful ex wife and maria ( rosario dawson ) have meet tommy at the video store . although she have date no one since her sting divorce and she begin a brief affair with tommy . how will thing shake down on the sidewalk of manhattan . this be a great film and a tour de force for burn and who write and direct it . certainly and he be one gifted movie maker and a evidence by his early film and include the brother mcmullen and she the one . in sidewalk and he again probes relationship in the modern era and when sex can be around every corner and the more traditional marriage of an early age be absent . in do so and burn show his brilliance for a balanced dissection and for he present differ viewpoint in the course of the flick . all of the player here and from the scumbags tucci and farina and to the lovely dawson to the very attractive graham and murphy and and burn himself and be simply great . add on a nice nyc setting and some terrific costume and some great production value and you have a fine look film as well . the story and direction be faultless and a burn use many interest technique to tell his tale and include testimony and flashback . watch out for a bit of rough language and sexual conversation and if that be important to you . however and there be truly no crack in this sidewalk and it be one wonderful film . get your hand on a copy soon and very soon . and and here hop burn will continue to make many more film .