Amazon.com essential video: Barbra Streisand made her directorial debut with this 1983 adaptation of the Isaac Bashevis Singer story about a young Eastern European woman (Streisand) who disguises herself as a male at the turn of the century in order to get an education. Except for an excessive musical score with too many songs and Streisand's tiresome tendency to play characters who suppress their beauty, the film is crisp and engaging, and the gender-bending love story complications are fun, if gimmicky. Streisand gives a smart, vulnerable performance and gets fresh work from costars Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Showing TCM 12/22/2008
This is my favorite movie and would like to get it on DVD as soon as it is released for Region 1. In the meantime, I found out it was on the Turner Classic Movie channel last night and I missed it. It ... Read More
Rating: - Timeless
My daughter and I saw Yentl together in 1983 in the theater when she was in the 7th grade. We walked out of the theater, looked at each other, turned on our heals, went back in and watched it again. ... Read More
Rating: - Please release Yentl on DVD for the US
This is one of my favorite movies. The acting is wonderful -- I love Mandy Patinkin as Avigdor and, of course, Barbra is great!!! The music is beautiful and the photography is great. I have wanted to ... Read More
Rating: - Where is the DVD?
I agree with others in wondering where the DVD is of this movie. I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and loved it then. Lately I have been listening to the music again and realizing it is ... Read More
Rating: - Forget DVD. Release it to BluRay
It's hard to believe that DVDs have come and gone and still no high def Yentle.
Well, now BluRay is here. Come on! Give us Yentle the directors cut! Barbra already finished it! Just release ... Read More
- Showing TCM 12/22/2008
- Where is the DVD?