Lost in Yonkers Movie Review 1993

Arty and Jay are two teenage brothers who, while their widowed father looks for work, are sent to live with their stern grandmother, small-time gangster uncle, and childlike aunt in 1942 New York. Ruehl reprises her Tony award-winning performance as Aunt Bella, who loses herself in the movies while trying to find a love of her own, out from under the oppressive thumb of her domineering mother (Worth). Performances by the adults are more theatrical than necessary but the teenagers do well in their observer roles. Based on the play by Neil Simon, which again chronicles his boyhood.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Family Ties, Period Piece: 1940s, Adapted from a Play, Plays to Film: Neil Simon, Childhood Visions, New York, New York

Screenplay

Neil Simon

Cast

Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Richard Dreyfuss, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus, David Strathairn, Robert Miranda, Jack Laufer, Susan Merson

Director

Martha Coolidge

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Ray Stark, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Rastar Productions, Columbia Pictures