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Lost in Yonkers (1993)

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An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, semi-autobiographical stage play by popular dramatist Neil Simon, this comedy-drama focuses on the difficulties faced by two young brothers forced to live with a group of eccentric relatives. Arty (Mike Damus) and Jay (Brad Stoll) are young teenagers when their their widower father heads South to seek work, leaving the boys with their stern, intimidating grandmother (Irene Worth). Also part of the household is the more likable Aunt Bella (Mercedes

PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Martha Coolidge

Written By: Neil Simon

In Theaters: May 14, 1993 Wide

On DVD: Jun 11, 2002

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Richard Dreyfuss
Uncle Louie
Mercedes Ruehl
Aunt Bella
Irene Worth
Grandma Kurnitz
Brad Stoll
Jay
Mike Damus
Arty
David Strathairn
Johnny
Robert Miranda
Hollywood Harry
Jack Laufer
Eddie
Susan Merson
Gert
Jesse Vincent
Danny
Jean Zarzour
Flo
Jennifer Shull

Critic Reviews for Lost in Yonkers

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A good example of fleshing out a single set play into a film would be Steel Magnolias...Yonkers just doesn't pull it off.

March 16, 2004 Comment (1)

Shawn Bowers

Kansas City Star

Mercedes Ruehl's exuberent performance gives this family drama its staying power.

July 12, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Not that bad, but seems a bit lost.

April 30, 2003 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

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Two young boys spend a coming-of-age season in the home of their paternal grandma; that's what Neil Simon's story pretends to be about, but only blink and beneath that is a reworking of nothing less than "Now Voyager" and its redemptive telling of a child blossoming from under the restrictive wings of an unloving

September 16, 2011

moon rivers

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This film is one of my guilty pleasures. I love it but I'm not sure I want the rest of the world to know that. I've seen this picture several times and I never tire of the performances. Dreyfuss is exceptional, Mercedes Ruehl is WONDERFUL, but its the younger actors, Brad Stoll and Mike Damus, that steal the show.

January 20, 2009