Brighton Beach Memoirs [DVD] [1986] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

I have watched Brighton Beach Memoirs many times on tv. Takes place during WWII. It takes us back to the times when earning a living was hard and in this case even harder for the Jerome family because a sister-in-law and her two daughters lived with the Jeromes because she was a widow. The antics of Eugene, the younger Jermone son, are comical. The father works at a job cutting out raincoats and selling party favors. Then he loses both jobs and depends on the older brother Stanley to help out but Stanley has lost his job until he makes a written apology to his boss. Then the father has a heart attack but survives. The mother is constantly sending Eugene to the store for small purchases such as one stick of butter or one pound of sugar. Eugene makes his funny comments which could be considered backtalk but its done in a funny way. The older son repairs the radio so the dad can listen to the news because he is fearful of his relatives making it out of Poland safely. In the end a lot of the problems are worked out and everyone is happy because the relatives are coming to New York and they start making plans about where everyone will sleep. Bob Dishy,Blythe Danner,Judith Ivey, Jonathan Silverman are the actors I most remember but all the actors involved did a really good job. I would recommend this movie. Also this movie is close captioned which was very important for me.

How nice to find a delightful entertaining movie that has a great story line and excellent acting. I will share this movie with many who will after watching it will feel they have laughed and can relate with those simplier times in our lives. thanks so much for bringing good movies to dvd.

Ive loved this movie from the first time I saw it. It was on Netflix recently and it brought back so many laughs I had to have it for my own. Its such a kick. Seller was very fast in getting it shipped and was in excellent condition.

This is a great coming to age movie for guys. Very funny, you have to watch it!

This without a doubt is Neil Simons best work ever. Only people in their 70s can appreciate the the feel and the way life was back before World War II. Why Blythe Danner didnt win an academy award for her performance I can only say their is no justice. The boy that played Eugene is exactly like young boys were in those days... Movies like this would not entertain young people today. They are too restless, Too technology possessed, too into themselves to care about anybody else. Parents today have no control over their children, its the children controlling the parents

Love this movie

This was our first viewing of the three Neil Simon Trilogies based on his life. My wife and I greatly enjoyed it. We watched it the first time in the privacy of our home without anyone else with us. When we took it to some lady friends home to share it with them, The 60 year old was offended by some of the subject matter, but overall enjoyed it we think, and the other friend in her who is 69 really enjoyed it and laughed most of the way through the movie. I gave it a four star instead of the five I really wanted to give it, because the movie does have some subject matter that is of human nature but yet offensive to some people. For that reason, I would not recommend it to be viewed by small children or youth.

Great and funny classic

I got the movie really fast and was it played really good also, I brought it in to work to watch while on lunch break in my office then I took it home and watched it at least twice. Im sure its time to watch it again

received move quickly, movie works great and I have nothing that I dont like, so thank you.