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      Bye Bye Braverman

      1968 1h 34m Comedy Drama List
      33% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 250+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Good cast and production quality but something is amiss. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Terrific cast, solid concept, but it simply goes nowhere. Four neurotic, struggling New York Jewish intellectuals (the characters are all right out of a Woody Allen punchline) attempt to find the funeral of a mutual friend, but end up wandering aimlessly around Brooklyn, while they argue, whine,reflect, kibbitz and goof around about girls, money and the pop culture ephemera of their youth. Kind of like a downbeat prototype for funnier future works like "Diner", and "Seinfeld", made barely passable by the talented leads (George Segal is likeable and Jack Warden is great as always) but dragged down by some overacting the turgid pace and repetitive, overly schmaltzy theme music. A rare stab at comedy from the great Sidney Lumet, that fails to find the target. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review s r I had a hard time always sympathizing, but some of the word play was witty and enjoyable. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member a friend dies his friends moron him-sound familiar? no 'big chill' here but still watchable Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One my favorite of Lumet's films. Very black comedy that is very well acted. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member sidney lumet never fails to get fantastic and genuine performances from his actors. unfortunately for "by bye, braverman", all the actors are playing boring characters, that i couldn't care less about. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Pauline Kael New Yorker Despite the importance of verbal comedy to the whole conception, the dialogue is often wrecked by clumsy, imprecise readings, and though the sound is in sync, the voices seem disembodied. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Richard Schickel TIME Magazine The result, called Bye Bye Braverman, has a lot to talk about, and nothing much to say. Jan 8, 2018 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Sidney Lumet's "Bye Bye Braverman" is a good movie gone wrong. Rated: 2/4 Jan 8, 2018 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a palpable and thoroughly objectionable misfire that's surely the nadir of Lumet's robust body of work. Rated: 1/4 Oct 2, 2021 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com One of Sidney Lumet's most personal and Jewish films is not necessarily one of his best, but it's well acted. Rated: B May 3, 2011 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Satiric bittersweet funeral pic with a healthy dose of Jewish humor and a droll travelogue look at the NYC landscape. Rated: B+ Apr 22, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis 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.
      Director
      Sidney Lumet
      Screenwriter
      Herbert Sargent
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 5, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 34m