Funny Girl

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Funny Girl

G

1968

2h 31m

Musical

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In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story.

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Critics Consensus

Barbara Streisand elevates this otherwise rote melodramatic musical with her ultra-memorable star turn as Fanny Brice.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

Nov 27, 2024

Funny Girl endures precisely because of the strength of Streisand’s magnetic performance.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Apr 28, 2024

4/5

It’s remarkable how much of the film is constructed on, and succeeds because of, Streisand’s face and how it is lit and framed.

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Margaret Hinxman

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jan 23, 2018

It's hard to think of Funny Girl, in fact, apart from Barbra Streisand. She is the life force. Director William Wyler simply drapes the opulent show around her.

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Preston Barta

Denton Record-Chronicle

Jan 15, 2025

'Funny Girl’s extravagant production design and flamboyant musical numbers are brought to life in a way that instantly transports you to the Broadway and Hollywood moments of the late '60s.

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Ellie Lucas

trans|cendental cinema

Dec 10, 2024

3.5/4

It is the role Streisand was born to play and she nails it, finding the joy, the humor, and the pathos of Brice's story and turning it into pure screen magic.

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Rudie Obias

Battleship Pretension

Nov 25, 2024

It plays just as well in 2024, as it did in 1968 with loads of charm and grace from Streisand’s star-making performance and Wyler’s steady hand and eye in the director’s chair.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 6, 2026

Funny Girl = a *4 and 1/2* Movie

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Mar 9, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Victoria

@Victoria13 Jan 11, 2026

No one does it like Barbra does

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Tim M

@tgmacman Oct 30, 2025

The eponymous role being Barbra Streisand's most quintessentially iconic, Funny Girl tells a powerful love story and does justice to Fanny Brice's legacy in one fell swoop.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 5, 2025

Success in 2 hours and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $223,300.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in 1968 in color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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shane h

@RT05636479 May 25, 2025

Streisand is iconic

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Rose Brice

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Synopsis

In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story.

Director: William Wyler
Producer: Ray Stark
Screenwriter: Isobel Lennart, Bob Merrill, Isobel Lennart
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Rastar Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 1968, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 2001
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $223.3K
Runtime: 2h 31m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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