Lost in Yonkers
by Martha Coolidge
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Actor: Brad Stoll, Irene Worth, Mercedes Ruehl, Mike Damus, Richard DreyfussDirector: Martha Coolidge
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: A. Troy Thomas
Cinematographer: Johnny E. Jensen
Editor: Steven Cohen
Producer: Emanuel Azenberg
Producer: Joseph M. Caracciolo
Producer: Ray Stark
Writer: Neil Simon
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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DVD Review: Don't be fooled by the advertising...
Summary: 2 Stars
In the 1940's, two young boys, Jay and Artie, are sent by their father to live with their cold-hearted grandmother (Irene Worth) and kind but slow aunt Bella (Mercedes Ruehl), in Yonkers. Things look grim for the boys, until their uncle Louie (Richard Dreyfuss), a small-time gangster, shows up and livens up their otherwise dull lives.
Given the fact that (a) "Lost in Yonkers" is written by Neil Simon, a man famous for writing comedies, such as "The Odd Couple"; (b) the posters/cover artwork for "Lost in Yonkers" makes it look like a comedy; and (c) the DVD case actually describes this film as a comedy, you could be forgiven for mistaking "Lost in Yonkers" for a comedy. It's not. There are one or two laughs in "Lost in Yonkers", but one or two jokes does not make a comedy. "Lost in Yonkers" is, in fact, the most serious Neil Simon movie that I have seen.
Simon won the Pulitzer Prize for the play upon which this film was based and while watching it, I couldn't help but feeling that Simon was deliberately aiming for such a prize while writing it. It is as if Simon were deliberately trying to press all the right buttons in the judges - a coming of age story; morality issues; mentally-challenged characters; family; the search for love. It's all here. Obviously the judges fell for Simon's plan, hook, line and sinker, but as an ordinary audience member, I just came away feeling emotionally manipulated. At the end of the film, I didn't see characters such as Bella and the grandmother as real people, I saw them as contrived vehicles for critic-pleasing monologues.
I believe Neil Simon is a great playwright, in fact, I see him as one of the great playwrights of the 20th century. Through his Eugene Jerome plays (in particular, "Biloxi Blues"), Simon demonstrated that it is possible to write an entertaining comedy that touches on serious issues. Yet, Simon doesn't do that here. He gives us the issues without the comedy. As a result, "Lost in Yonkers" is the first Neil Simon film/play I have seen that I haven't enjoyed. I recommend you watch another one of his films/plays, instead.
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