Brighton Beach Memoirs

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Brighton Beach Memoirs

PG-13

1986

1h 48m

Comedy

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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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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Jan 1, 2000

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

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

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

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 6, 2026

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.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

May 18, 2021

3/4

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

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 30, 2019

2.5/4

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

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Grace Montgomery

Common Sense Media

Jul 26, 2014

4/5

Poignant portrayal of puberty has sexual content, profanity.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Mar 5, 2023

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

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Apr 16, 2018

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

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Dec 16, 2016

Neil Simmon hit it out of the ball park!

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Nov 19, 2014

good coming of age tale, oh yes another one!

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Dec 4, 2013

Such a great classic film about growing up.

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Aug 13, 2013

Quelle intéressante façon de l' amener. Tous de bons acteurs.

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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
Producer: Ray Stark
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Rastar 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
Runtime: 1h 48m

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