Funny Girl
Funny Girl
- G
- 2h 35m
- 1968
93%
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One of the most popular movie musicals ever made! Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice, a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar® for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break at Keeney's Music Hall, her hilarious debut as a roller-skating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne. A year later Fanny is working for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies and brings the house down with an outrageous and unplanned number. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold up. The film's many memorable songs include "Don't Rain On My Parade" and the Streisand classic "People."
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Rotten Tomatoes® Score
TOMATOMETER®
93%Critics Consensus: Barbara Streisand elevates this otherwise rote melodramatic musical with her ultra-memorable star turn as Fanny Brice.
Reviews
TIME Magazine
This extended Streisand Special has done absolutely nothing to correct the flaws in the Broadway o...
June 21, 2017
Variety
Variety Staff
Barbra Streisand in her Hollywood debut makes a marked impact.
June 21, 2017
Time Out
Well worth watching, even if most later Streisand movies aren't.
June 21, 2017
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Common Sense Media
age 10+Common Sense Says
Dazzling musical romance is long but entertaining.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this elegant, romantic, and often funny musical is wonderful entertainment, but might be too long and mature for many tweens. The movie's nearly three hours focuses on the ups and downs in the romance of Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein and includes some mature thematic material, such as marital woes and dishonesty. The romance includes Nick's smooth seduction of the innocent young Brice and hints of his promiscuity. However, there is no on-camera sexual activity other than passionate kissing and embracing, and no nudity. Many of the glamorous costumes reveal a lot of leg and have plunging necklines. Characters do plenty of social drinking and leading characters smoke cigarettes.
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Additional Info
- Genre:Drama, Comedy
- Release Date:September 20, 1968
- Languages:English
- Captions:English
- Audio Format:5.1
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