Funny Lady

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Funny Lady

PG

Released Mar 15, 1975

2h 16m

Musical

Comedy

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In this sequel to "Funny Girl," Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) is now a huge star on Broadway whose fortunes have taken a hit from the Great Depression. After a whirlwind romance, Fanny marries Billy Rose (James Caan), and the two agree to collaborate on a show. Despite the show's early struggles, Fanny makes it a success, but the sudden fame puts a strain on her marriage -- especially when Billy learns she still has feelings for her ex-husband, Nick (Omar Sharif).

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Funny Lady... crashes along for almost an hour and then it hits a failure point, from which it never recovers.

Oct 6, 2023

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Molly Haskell

Village Voice

When the show hits the road, first in its bloated "draft" form, with sketches that would make the great Ziegfield groan, then in its final, Fanny-polished version, it literally falls to, or into, pieces.

Feb 10, 2023

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Funny Lady is a big, messy flop of a movie that's almost cruel in the way it invites our memories of Funny Girl and doesn't match them.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

Funny Lady is only a semi-hit, but Streisand fans will love it.

May 5, 2023

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Dane Winters

5th Freedom (Buffalo)

I dig Barbara as much as everybody else does, but I cannot tell a lie. I can't say her latest movie colossus, ineptly titled Funny Lady (being neither funny nor ladylike), is great or good or even fair. It's just plain awful and there's no way around it.

May 3, 2023

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Geoff Brown

Monthly Film Bulletin

[A] shoddy, joyless enterprise.

Feb 10, 2023

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Eye C

Just to ending with the gossip about Fanny Brice, but the movie could be just Mrs. Streisand singing with out a story and it would be fine by me. As a movie could be better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/23/25

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Gerard K

Saw this film the first time, in a movie theatre on Broadway in NYC, back in March 1975. I was 12 and it blew me away. Streisand sings the heck out of the score, the Bob Mackie costumes are magnificent, the Fanny Brice/Billy Rose love story is so entertaining...Jimmy Caan is great and even gets to sing and dance. His Me and My Shadow is wonderful and poignant. Funny Lady, is a more mature Funny Girl, and Streisand as always owns the screen here. I loved it...and its worth the watch and the listen, even if just to hear Streisand blow this score away!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Audience Member

There's not enough soft focus or makeup in the world to cover up this hideous tripe.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/31/24

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Liam D

Not the worst sequel in the world but it's decent

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/19/22

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The film provides fans with a rare opportunity to hear Streisand sing standards from the 1920s and '30s, attempting to instill a sense of nostalgia about a period few in he '70s lived through. Streisand's rendition of Ben Oakland (music) and Jack Murray's (lyrics) "If I Love Again" is a highlight. Unfortunately for a biopic on the inimitable Fanny Brice, it offers very little in the way of screenplay and plot. Instead of concentrating on Brice's transition from Broadway to radio and film, the movie gets bogged down in Brice's volatile relationship with Rose, so that it ends on a sour note of pain and regret. Caan perhaps secured a chance to display his vocal talent, but Streisand and Sharif garnered very little in the way of a meaningful performance.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Opulent sequel to "Funny Girl." Great music and staging.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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In this sequel to "Funny Girl," Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) is now a huge star on Broadway whose fortunes have taken a hit from the Great Depression. After a whirlwind romance, Fanny marries Billy Rose (James Caan), and the two agree to collaborate on a show. Despite the show's early struggles, Fanny makes it a success, but the sudden fame puts a strain on her marriage -- especially when Billy learns she still has feelings for her ex-husband, Nick (Omar Sharif).

Director: Herbert Ross
Producer: Ray Stark
Screenwriter: Arnold Schulman, Jay Presson Allen, Arnold Schulman
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Rastar Pictures, Vista, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2011
Runtime: 2h 16m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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