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| MGM/UA Entertainment Company | Release Date: January 6, 1984 |
Starring:
Allan Corduner, Amy Irving, Barbra Streisand, Bernard Spear, David de Keyser, Doreen Mantle, Mandy Patinkin, Nehemiah Persoff, Ruth Goring, Steven Hill
Summary:
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
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Miss Streisand excels in all departments. [21 Nov 1983]
Yentl is Streisand. Either you like her or you don't. And if a little Streisand means a lot, then a lot is what you've got. [09 Dec 1983, p.25]
Perhaps because we see so few musicals at all, the Streisand model seems welcome on any terms. But there is also a great deal of warmth in the picture, and it has what one-man shows do when they are working right: It has conviction, and a sense of the artist's vision. This movie was not made by committee, and hence it is free in a way that few American films are. [09 Dec 1983, p.D12]
The best thing about Yentl is its earnestness. It may resemble a vanity production from afar (or at close range, too, for that matter), but even at its kitschiest it seems to be heartfelt. That goes a long way, though not far enough, toward saving the film from its own built-in difficulties.
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