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A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 71%, Metacritic 54/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score.
Synopsis
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Gene SaksDirector
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
- Neil SimonScreenplay
Cast
- Jonathan SilvermanEugene Morris Jerome
- Blythe DannerKate
- Stacey GlickLaurie
- Lisa WaltzNora
- Judith IveyBlanche
- Bob DishyJack
- Brian DrillingerStanley
- James HandyFrank Murphy
- Bette HenritzeMrs. Murphy
- Steven HillMr. Stroheim
- David MarguliesMr. Farber
- Fyvush FinkelMr. Greenblatt
Stills
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Themes
great depressionbased on play or musicalcoming of agebreaking the fourth wallbrooklyn, new york citysemi autobiographicaljewish family1930s