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Lost in Yonkers (1993)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:11
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: LOST IN YONKERS is Neil Simon's touching story--and Pulitzer Prize-winning play--of an eccentric New York family in crisis in the summer of 1942. On the run from a loan shark, a frightened and... LOST IN YONKERS is Neil Simon's touching story--and Pulitzer Prize-winning play--of an eccentric New York family in crisis in the summer of 1942. On the run from a loan shark, a frightened and weak-willed father (Jack Laufer) leaves his two teenage boys, Jay (Brad Stoll) and Arty (Mike Damus), with their domineering grandmother (Irene Worth), who runs a candy store in Yonkers. The effect of the old woman's tyranny over two generations of offspring becomes evident as she coldheartedly attempts to control not only their lives but also that of her mentally challenged middle-aged daughter, Bella (Mercedes Ruehl), who desperately yearns for love and independence. The boys are forced to live by their stern grandmother's rules until their gangster uncle, Louie (Richard Dreyfuss), comes to town one night and goes into hiding in the family home. Uncle Louie ends up helping both the boys and Bella understand their aging grandmother and realize the importance of acceptance and love, despite the hardship of life in Yonkers. . [More]
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, David Strathairn
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, David Strathairn, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus
Director: Martha Coolidge
Director: Martha Coolidge
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Reviews for Lost in Yonkers
A good example of fleshing out a single set play into a film would be Steel Magnolias...Yonkers just doesn't pull it off.
Mercedes Ruehl's exuberent performance gives this family drama its staying power.
It's an enjoyable picture, well-cast and carefully 'opened up' from its stage roots.
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