Brighton Beach Memoirs
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Movie Reviews of Brighton Beach Memoirs
Movie Review: Very Funny
Summary: 4 Stars
Neil Simon is one of the best comedy writers of our time, probably because he writes what he knows about. This film is good for many laughs and a feel for life in America right before our entry into World War II.Movie Review: Brooklyn, 1937
Summary: 3 Stars
This is Neil Simon's mediocre comedy based on his own early life growing up in this Brooklyn neighborhood circa 1937. A fairly large Jewish family live together, and each member has his or her own story to tell. Eugene (Jonathan Silverman) is the main character, a high school boy who dreams of playing pro baseball and seeing a naked woman. Stanley (Brian Drillinger) is his older brother, who dreams of escape, and does so by joining the army. Other members tell their dreams and shortfallings, too. Thus the picture adds up to a lot of little vignettes. Simon has been funnier elsewhere; his aim here seems more directed at sentimentality and nostalgia. No great shakes.Movie Review: From Stag to Screen
Summary: 3 Stars
If this was the first time I had ever seen "Brighton Beach Memoirs" I might be impressed, but it's not so I'm not. I saw the play on stag and I have to say that is so much better in real life. The movie really wasn't that bad, but the stag will always be my first love.