Apparently writer-director-actor Edward Burns has complained that the New York newspapers deliberately pick on him because he’s not from the right background to fit in.

After starting well with The Brothers McMullen in 1995, his last few films - including Purple Violets, A Sound of Thunder and Looking for Kitty have failed to achieve either box office or critical acclaim and Ed recently blamed this on the newspapers of his hometown: “My films don’t suck nearly as bad as the New York Post and the New York Times would have you believe.”

“None of the New York papers ever give me good reviews. Usually they take care of the hometown boy, but for whatever reason that’s not the case. My friend has a theory: ‘You know what your problem is? You didn’t go to an Ivy League school, your old man’s a cop, and therefore they gotta beat the crap out of you.’”

I agree with the New York Post’s own defense - he’s getting bad reviews because he’s making bad films. I watched Looking for Kitty a few months ago and oh, my, god.

I loved Brothers McMullen and She’s the One, I like character-driven films and I very much like Burns’ co-star David Krumholtz in just about everything else I’ve ever seen him in, but seriously, it was awful. Many of the scenes were utterly contrived and the supposedly natural conversation sounded unbelievably scripted and like stand-up comedy in its forced attempts to be funny. I didn’t care for any of the characters and could really understand why Kitty would want to run away from anything to do with the film - especially Krumholtz’ moustache. *shudders*