Brighton Beach Memoirs

One of my favourites!

Neil Simon is one of the greats and this explains why. He wasnt as prolific as Woody Allen but he hits it out of the ball park every single time. He was an innovator and ahead of his time with this piece--utilizing techniques of straight to camera and faux documentary that we take for granted now. Ive seen this a dozen times and it never loses its humor, poignancy and a certain sad nostalgia for a bygone era that is done without an ounce of sentimentality. The key scene between Blanche and her daughter Nora is dead on now and probably will be forever, because great writing transcends time. These are people experiencing the basic human things we all experience and that is what makes Simon one of the greats.

An old time favorite of mine from about 25 years ago. Exactly the same movie I saw then, and not the play version. I love it. Thank you.

Very funny

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The Weequahic section of Newark N.J. is where I was raised prior to, and after World War Two. This film is about me. A mirror image of my youth during a wonderful time. Neil Simon is the best story teller ever. I never get tired of watching this work

This was our first viewing of the three Neil Simon Trilogies based on his life. My wife and I greatly enjoyed it. We watched it the first time in the privacy of our home without anyone else with us. When we took it to some lady friends home to share it with them, The 60 year old was offended by some of the subject matter, but overall enjoyed it we think, and the other friend in her who is 69 really enjoyed it and laughed most of the way through the movie. I gave it a four star instead of the five I really wanted to give it, because the movie does have some subject matter that is of human nature but yet offensive to some people. For that reason, I would not recommend it to be viewed by small children or youth.

One of my all time favorites. I used to watch it all the time when my kids were little. Now they watch it often.

This is the first of two movies that are supposedly auto biographical for Neil Simon. Very good slice of life movie of a Jewish family just before WWII. Introducing Jonathan Silverman. Very enjoyable, lots of laughs and perhaps a cry.

Love this movie