Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers (1993)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (2,388 ratings)

An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, semi-autobiographical stage play by popular dramatist Neil Simon, this comedy-drama focuses on the difficulties faced by two young brothers forced to live with a group of eccentric relatives. Arty (Mike Damus) and Jay (Brad Stoll) are young teenagers when… More

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PG, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By
Martha Coolidge
Written By
Neil Simon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
May 14, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Jun 11, 2002
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Shawn Bowers, Kansas City Star

    A good example of fleshing out a single set play into a film would be Steel Magnolias...Yonkers just doesn't pull it off.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Mercedes Ruehl's exuberent performance gives this family drama its staying power.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Not that bad, but seems a bit lost.

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  • moon r


    Two young boys spend a coming-of-age season in the home of their paternal grandma; that's what Neil Simon's story pretends to be about, but only blink and beneath that is a reworking of nothing less than "Now Voyager" and its redemptive telling of a child… More

  • Randy T


    This film is one of my guilty pleasures. I love it but I'm not sure I want the rest of the world to know that. I've seen this picture several times and I never tire of the performances. Dreyfuss is exceptional, Mercedes Ruehl is WONDERFUL, but its the younger actors, Brad… More

  • Dannielle A


    The play version is better, but Neil Simon did a good job making this screenplay and the casting was great. The actors are excellent in this flick.

  • Leo L


    Fantastic!

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