while the camera shots in this movie be often not clearly focus and the editing be poor with harsh cut that should have be fade to black or into the next scene and this movie isn not half bad . the soundtrack not bad either and but perhaps with good editing and the featured song would have fit in a lot well . i have ulterior motif a to why i purchase this movie ( it all amy fault ) and have be pleasantly surprise recently at how well scott baio can pull off the lead man in movie which revolve around the romance genre he can really make you feel for the character he portray and make you cross all your finger and toe and legs etc and hop that thing will work out for the best . the storyline revolves around mario and a cocky young up and come photographer from little italy who literally fall in love at first sight with with nicole yeats ( hence the title i < 3 n. y . ) and the daughter of john robertson yeats ( plummer ) and a prestigious actor star on broadway . after a little persuasion and nicole agrees to go on a date with mario and together they start a relationship which ruffle the feather of her father and his mother and his bos ( orbach ) . it pretty much an 80 romeo and juliet tale without the tragic end . he from a low class background try to make it big and she from a high class background where she could have anything she want . the chemistry between baio and kelly van der velden be fantastic . it this that make this movie worthwhile and although there be fantastic performance from plummer a nicole tyrannical father and orbach a mario frustrate bos . i pretty much have to say that and even though these type of movie be so clichéd and i be root for the young couple and half expect them to elope together to annoy her their respective parent . there some great dialogue between character and particularly mario and nicole when they first meet and there a few funny moment too . if you haven not see it and i would highly recommend it a it a great chick flick and perfect for a saturday night in with that bottle of red and the girl .