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Name: Funny Girl
Released: 1968-9-20
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon

Funny Girl

G
2h 35m
1968

94%

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Barbra Streisand gives an Oscar®-winning performance as Fanny Brice, the greatest female comedian of her generation. Discovered at Keeney's Music Hall, Fanny is soon signed by producer Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pigeon) to appear in his Follies. As her fame grows, so does her yearning for Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler. Despite their differences, Arnstein becomes the great love of Fanny's life as they marry and have a child. But as her career flourishes, Nicky's worsens, until he's imprisoned for embezzlement. Although Fanny refuses to divorce him, the two eventually realize their marriage cannot work and Nicky walks out of her life forever.

Director:

William Wyler, Herbert Ross

Producer:

Ray Stark

Writer:

Isobel Lennart

Cast:

Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

94%

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

Reviews

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar

It’s remarkable how much of the film is constructed on, and succeeds because of, Streisand’s face and how it is lit and framed.

William Wyler may have been the perfect choice to center Streisand, for the first time, on the big screen.

This is a must-see for fans of musicals and Barbra Streisand and as a study of how a successful musical can be transitioned into a film. This is all about Streisand, but a Broadway and Hollywood fairytale about Fanny Brice.

The score remains imprinted on several generations...

Though the premise isn’t particularly original or memorable, Streisand’s turn is incredibly fitting.

September 22, 2022

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