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Funny Girl (1968)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:36

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.6/10

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

Runtime: 2 hrs 49 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: In FUNNY GIRL, the highly fictionalized musical biopic, Barbara Streisand makes her film debut in a reprisal of her Broadway role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New... In FUNNY GIRL, the highly fictionalized musical biopic, Barbara Streisand makes her film debut in a reprisal of her Broadway role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side, rose to fame and won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she had far less success in her personal life, and the film focuses on her doomed romance with her first husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein. [More]

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Mae Questel, Gerald Mohr, Frank Faylen

Director: William Wyler

Director: William Wyler
Producer: Ray Stark
Screenwriter: Isobel Lennart
Composer: Jule Styne, Robert Merrill

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Oct 23, 2001

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Few film debuts in the 1960s were more auspicious than that of Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/12/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Well worth watching, even if most later Streisand movies aren't.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

Babs is fabs in her Oscar-winning portrayal of comedian Fanny Brice.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/31/01
E! Online

No review available.

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01/12/04
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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05/08/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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04/03/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/12/08
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
02/07/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

There's a reason to see this revival and it's called Barbra: fair enough?

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08/27/01
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

In any other hands this might seem like paper-thin stuff, but Streisand's a consummate professional with the Midas touch.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/17/02
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

A worthwhile nostalgia trip.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/08/01
Jane Stevenson
Jane Stevenson
Jam! Movies

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Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
02/04/02
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Matinee Magazine

It looks absolutely gorgeous -- a dye-transfer process has given more life to the already striking colors.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Even with the gorgeous Sharif standing next to her, you can't take your eyes off of Babs.

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08/30/01
Jean Oppenheimer
Jean Oppenheimer
New Times

...the quintessential star vehicle for its leading lady, the 1968 movie that made Ms. Streisand famous.

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10/29/01
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A superb example of Hollywood craftsmanship in which all elements have been blended to perfection with inspired artistry.

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08/31/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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01/17/03
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Go see it already!

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09/04/01
Leslie Katz
Leslie Katz
San Francisco Examiner
 
 
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