Brighton Beach Memoirs

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 1986

1 hr. 48 min.

Comedy

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71%

14 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

2,500+ Ratings

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Eugene Jerome (Jonathan Silverman) is a Jewish teen living in an unusually hectic Brooklyn, N.Y., household. His father (Bob Dishy) works two jobs, his mother (Blythe Danner) is a professional worrywart and his widowed aunt (Judith Ivey) has moved in, bringing her two daughters (Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz). Amidst the constant hurly-burly, Jerome dreams of some day becoming a famous writer, but admits that, in the meantime, he'd settle for seeing his first naked woman.

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Steve D

I can't get into this story. I just find it gross.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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scott m

This is an odd movie. Jonathan Silverman is supposed to be 12-13 years old in this movie. But at the time he was 19-20. So you have to "pretend" he's a kid. I enjoyed this when I was younger. But now it's really corny. I don't hate it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Loved this movie laugh so much every time I watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Neil Simmon hit it out of the ball park!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

good coming of age tale, oh yes another one!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Such a great classic film about growing up.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Gene Saks

Director

Blythe Danner

Kate

Jonathan Silverman

Eugene Morris Jerome

Judith Ivey

Blanche

Stacey Glick

Laurie

Lisa Waltz

Nora

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

... a regularly funny and at times affecting movie that captures, if not always successfully, the kind of back-and-forth of any ordinary family.

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The stage version of Brighton Beach Memoirs seemed much more alive than this film.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a deliberately-paced yet mostly compelling drama...

Rated: 3/4

May 18, 2021

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Richard Freedman

Newhouse News Service

Nothing in Brighton Beach Memoirs really catches fire all seems compounded of old radio family sitcoms, a thick impasto of easy humor and crushing sentimentality.

Nov 5, 2019

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The usual savory Simon mix of humor and pathos never really goes beneath the surface.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 30, 2019

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Grace Montgomery

Common Sense Media

Poignant portrayal of puberty has sexual content, profanity.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 26, 2014

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Synopsis

Eugene Jerome (Jonathan Silverman) is a Jewish teen living in an unusually hectic Brooklyn, N.Y., household. His father (Bob Dishy) works two jobs, his mother (Blythe Danner) is a professional worrywart and his widowed aunt (Judith Ivey) has moved in, bringing her two daughters (Stacey Glick, Lisa Waltz). Amidst the constant hurly-burly, Jerome dreams of some day becoming a famous writer, but admits that, in the meantime, he'd settle for seeing his first naked woman.

Director: Gene Saks
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.0M

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