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Funny Girl (1968)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 3

Barbara Streisand elevates this otherwise rote melodramatic musical with her ultra-memorable star turn as Fanny Brice.

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2

Barbara Streisand elevates this otherwise rote melodramatic musical with her ultra-memorable star turn as Fanny Brice.

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Average Rating: 3.7/5
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"Hello, gorgeous!" was Barbra Streisand's first comment to the Oscar statuette which she won for her performance in this biopic of entertainer Fanny Brice. This is also her first line in the film itself, the catalyst for a movie-long flashback. Repeating her Broadway role, Streisand stars as legendary comedienne Brice (1891-1951), whose life until the mid-1920s is romanticized herein. A gawky New Yawker, Brice fast-talks her way into show business, certain that she's destined to be "The Greatest

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Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Isobel Lennart

Nov 21, 2001

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (5) | DVD (16)

Streisand is stunning, but the film is a trial, particularly when the music disappears somewhere around the 90-minute mark and all that's left is leaden melodrama.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
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This extended Streisand Special has done absolutely nothing to correct the flaws in the Broadway original.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment (1)
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Barbra Streisand in her Hollywood debut makes a marked impact.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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Well worth watching, even if most later Streisand movies aren't.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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It is impossible to praise Miss Streisand too highly; hard to find much to praise about the rest of the film.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comments (2)
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The fun is there whenever Streisand is, and that could be reason enough for reacquainting yourself with Funny Girl.

October 12, 2001 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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While the film has a few flaws that stop it from being as great as it could be, this is an excellent release of the classic musical that is a must-own for fans.

April 29, 2013 Full Review Source: We Got This Covered
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Dazzling musical romance is long but entertaining.

February 15, 2012 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

A fine movie musical and a nice reminder of the time when Streisand was a talent rather than a 'phenomenon'.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
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Few film debuts in the 1960s were more auspicious than that of Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

I wish William Wyler's direction was more inventive and humurous (it's his first musical), but Streisand gives a meteoric performance, as Fanny Frice and as herself, showing a tremendous charismatic presence that goes beyond physical looks and acting.

February 7, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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[Streisand gives] a natural, unforced performance, easily one of the three or four best Best Actresses in Oscar history.

January 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

One of the all-time great film musicals with dazzling Streisand.

June 1, 2007
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You will have made your mind up about Babs one way or the other, but for the rare uninitiated, this is a fine introduction to her talents.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Given how she grew into perhaps the most annoyingly egocentric entertainer in all the world, it's difficult to imagine that Barbra Streisand was once an ingenue.

September 17, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment (1)
TheMovieReport.com

Barbra Streisand gives one of the musical genre's most sublime performances--unfortunately in a stodgy, badly paced, overly produced movie that don't deserve her.

July 31, 2004
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Audience Reviews for Funny Girl

I was surprised at how relevant this story still is - take a look in the news lately and see how many columnists are talking about our changing work world, the one in which "feminine" skills are much more in demand and as a result, men have begun to feel insecure and less confident when they aren't the provider they've been socialized to be. Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif) turns increasingly to gambling in his attempt to keep up with his love (Barbra Streisand)'s success. I found his story to be almost the more interesting, intermittently updated though it was.

Before seeing this, I wrote it off as something old-timey for Broadway fans that plays all too well in the Borscht Belt, but it's not without its charms. A cliched story of a rise to fame, sure, and full of music that I don't really like, and a bit on the long side - there's a serious lull late in the second hour - but you shouldn't ignore the fact that William Wyler helmed this film. It's well-shot and funny and inspiring, on the whole, and a justifiable classic that's worth seeing once.
September 26, 2012
danperry17

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Whyyyyy is this movie so long? There's nothing I dislike more than an overstuffed musical. Babs is cute, sometimes.
May 26, 2012
jennifxu

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    1. Fanny Brice: Hello, gorgeous.
    – Submitted by Dutch E (2 months ago)
    1. Fanny Brice: Ziegfeld is waiting for me. For me! You see, you were wrong, Mrs. Strakosh.
    – Submitted by Mauricio R (23 months ago)
    1. Fanny Brice: Hello, gorgeous!
    – Submitted by Tyler C (2 years ago)

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