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Funny Girl

Movie · 1968 · 151 min

A bittersweet, song-filled rise-and-fall romance that balances exuberant comedy with heartache, carried by a magnetic star performance.

About
1968 film by William Wyler
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Class
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Year
1968
Runtime
151 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, musical, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Directed by
William Wyler
Written by
Isobel Lennart
Starring
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Mae Questel, Frank Faylen, Gerald Mohr, Kay Medford
Music
Jule Styne
Cinematography
Harry Stradling
Runtime
151 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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