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Movie Info

One day, Morroe Rieff (George Segal) learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez (Jessica Walter), who is more flirtatious than grieving, Morroe joins up with three other writer friends -- Barnet (Jack Warden), Felix (Joseph Wiseman) and Holly (Sorrell Booke) -- to attend funeral services. However, the quartet faces numerous obstacles, including poor directions and a car accident, that could keep them from paying their respects.

Genre:

drama, comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Sidney Lumet
Producer:

Sidney Lumet
Release Date (Streaming):

May 5, 2009
Runtime:

1h 34m
Production Co:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Cast & Crew

George Segal
Morroe Rieff

Jack Warden
Barnet Weinstein

Joseph Wiseman
Felix Ottensteen

Jessica Walter
Inez Braverman

Phyllis Newman
Miss Mandelbaum

Sorrell Booke
Holly Levine

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Critic Reviews for Bye Bye Braverman

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (4)

The result, called Bye Bye Braverman, has a lot to talk about, and nothing much to say.

January 8, 2018 | Full Review…

Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
Sidney Lumet's "Bye Bye Braverman" is a good movie gone wrong.

January 8, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Sidney Lumet has probably exhausted the cinema possibilities of drawing people together out of separate lives to attend funerals in semisatirical circumstances. It hardly ever works in fiction, and it does not seem the best vehicle for his movies at all.

January 8, 2018 | Full Review…

Renata Adler
New York Times
It's a little unfocused but bristles with Jewish wit and fine performances.

January 8, 2018 | Full Review…

Tom Milne
Time Out
If the film meant to portray the four principals as basically clod characters, with some good points, it missed. If the idea was to portray them as basically good, with human frailties, insufficient depth was given along these lines, too.

February 23, 2012 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
One of Sidney Lumet's most personal and Jewish films is not necessarily one of his best, but it's well acted.

May 3, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Satiric bittersweet funeral pic with a healthy dose of Jewish humor and a droll travelogue look at the NYC landscape.

April 22, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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