Bye Bye Braverman

I've lived in NYC for most of my life and I've been a professional critic for a large portion of that. "Bye Bye Braverman", directed, in 1968, by Sidney Lumet, was not a big hit, either publicly or critically. That's because,... Full review

to me this movie turns the biblical story of the Exodus on its head. Instead of leading His people into the Promised Land, Monroe(Segal)leads His people out of the Promised Land(Manhattan), and into the desert(Brooklyn), and they wander and wander. While... Full review

terrific film--fine acting and directing with a wonderful script.All the players are great.it is a fine adaptation of the novel and the actors ,because the director,got it. Alan King gives a funny, funny performance,and it is just one among many in... Full review

it has moments of enormous richness and poignancy and beautiful performances by everyone involved, especially Phyllis Newman, Zohra Lampert, and Godfrey Cambridge in smaller roles.....Movies The wonderful Warner Archive has released another movie I remember fondly, Bye Bye Braverman ..... ... Full Review

it has moments of enormous richness and poignancy and beautiful performances by everyone involved, especially Phyllis Newman, Zohra Lampert, and Godfrey Cambridge in smaller roles.....The wonderful Warner Archive has released another movie I remember fondly, Bye Bye Braverman ..... ... Full Review

Sidney Lumet 's " Bye Bye Braverman " is a good movie gone wrong..... ... Full Review

Sidney Lumet's "Bye Bye Braverman" is a good movie gone wrong..... ... Full Review

A Freebie and the Bean sequel was actually talked about and its script eventually turned into The In-Laws with Arkin and Falk. When FREEBIE arrived last week, I doubled it up with THE IN-LAWS. ... Full Article

Ethnic Jewish characters lost the prominence they had attained during the mass alienation of the late '60s, although ethnic characterizations did not. An example of premature identity politics, beginning with Bye Bye Braverman and The Producers in 1968 and thus... ... Full Article