Yentl is a good musical with the heart and charm that makes you feel like home.

When I saw this film in theaters, I thought there was too much music and it was a bit long. With that said, this is one of my favorite movies. I have since seen it many times and I love every song. I know Barbra wasn't fond of Mandy Patinkin, but I think he is a revelation and many are big fans of his work in this film, including me. I am grateful for this directorial debut. It helps that I am a BIG Streisand fan.

Yentl conveys a beautiful vision, especially for a director's debut feature. There are solid performances, withHowever, the very music that aims to convey these feelings overshadows dialogue too often, when a good musical is a balance of both. I love musicals, but Yentl indulges to a point most have grown to hate. Less is always more and the songs could be much stronger.

The musical/song score elements don't work at all which is a real shame because the core of the story is quite compelling and moving at times.

Great! Still holds up and is much better than you'd expect. The direction is a bit uneven and some odd choices were made (like arbitrarily singing in VO and lip synching) but it's a very ambitious film that Barbra generally did a great job with

This should never have been made.

Barbra Streisand is the actress of many traits and especially in the fact that she is able to work offscreen as well as on and this movie is still very relevant in some aspects but honestly if you are a fan of Musicals and Streisand, then this is a must-see :)

The story, acting and cinematography is wonderful. But detracting from the story is Barbra herself. If you are going to have the audience believe that you are a man then for god's sake don't wear mascara. Fill in your sculpted eyebrows. Trim your nails. It seems totally unbelievable that no one could tell that Yentl wasn't a man. What man has no beard or stubble? Who would ever overlook the feminine voice? At best Yentl appeared to be about 15 years old. But none of the characters noticed. The make up artists really failed to make her look like a him. This a major credibility flaw in an otherwise great story.

Yentl is a perfect movie. PERIOD

"THE GREATEST MOMENT" WITH "THE GREATEST STAR" by Timothy J. Verret YENTL SOUNDTRACK SONGS: "Where Is It Written?" – 4:52 "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" – 3:29 "This Is One of Those Moments" – 4:07 "No Wonder" – 2:30 "The Way He Makes Me Feel" – 3:44 "Tomorrow Night" – 4:43 "Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way?" – 3:03 "No Matter What Happens" – 4:03 "A Piece of Sky" – 4:19 It is often very difficult for me to believe that on November 13 (my birthday) of 2006, I was in San Jose, California, in the audience of the HP Pavilion, watching in concert "The Greatest Star," Barbra Streisand. All I can seem to recall can best be captured in the Streisand song, "This Is One of Those Moments," from Barbra's film, YENTL (1983), particularly in these lyrics of the song: There are moments you remember all your life. There are moments you wait for and dream of all your life. This is one of those moments. And on that particular note (pun intended), I would like to write about this concert, what was truly "the greatest moment" in my life, by using song titles from YENTL. I want to go back and recall what I might have forgotten in my mind but never in my heart and never from the song titles in YENTL: I can hardly imagine what the night before the November 13, 2006 Barbra Streisand concert must have been like for me. Did I even sleep that night? I'm sure I didn't and I sure all that was playing through my head and heart that night was "Tomorrow Night." I survived that night but could hardly wait until tomorrow night, when I would see "The Greatest Star" ever to walk on (and sing on) the entire planet! I was standing in line to go into the HP Pavilion. There was a lady standing next to me and I struck up a conversation with and told her: "Today is my birthday." The lady nudged her friend and said, "It's his birthday today!" That was the first real "this is one of those moments" for that real blessed night. Okay, I got that song title out of the way for good, I think.😉 After going inside the HP Pavilion, I was in the lobby and it struck me that Barbra Streisand and I were in this same building together! I could not contain my excitement mixed with total disbelief, and I had to let someone know what I was feeling. I called my friend, Alex, and got his voice mail and left him a message signaling all of this. It was only some time later that Alex told me he would listen to my voice message from time to time, because he had never heard me sound so happy in all my life! "No wonder" to me. Then, I called my mom to tell her where I was and what I was feeling. My mom has always known how much I love Barbra Streisand, so all she could do was welcome my "no wonder." Yes, my mom knew I like "the way Barbra makes me feel." I took my seat WAY UP there. My ticket cost was in the $300's, and I couldn't afford those thousand-dollar tickets below. I didn't care all that much, because "Barbra, can you hear me?" was simply that I could hear Barbra and with an angelic voice like hers, WAY UP in the Heavens was exactly where I needed to be. I held the "Where Is It Written?" list of songs Barbra was to sing that night. When she appeared to a thunderous applause and she sang her first song, "Ma première chanson," I started to cry a lot. This was the first song Barbra ever composed for one of my favorite albums of hers, Je M'Appelle Barbra (1966, the year I was born). It hit me like a brick that the woman down there and the man WAY UP here were having our first moment together EVER! "No matter what happens," "the greatest moment" can never be taken away from me. The entire night of this concert was Heaven on earth. It was experiencing a night with "The Greatest Star," and this experience was not so much that Barbra is "The Greatest Star" as it is that "The Greatest Star" gave me the greatest gift: This woman helped me to believe that I could be "great" myself someday. Barbra is "great" because she is exactly who God made her to be, and she opened the door for me to be exactly who God made me to be. "Will someone ever look at me that way?" YES! God looks at me that way….and so does Barbra! Suffice enough to say the night of this Barbra concert on November 13, 2006, gave me a "piece of sky." The "piece of sky" was the peace I experienced being held that night in the arms of Barbra….and God…. through love and lyrics. This peace is the sky that one day, all will WATCH ME FLY!!!! So, don't think for a second I'm not going to end this blog post without ending with the final lyrics of this final song in YENTL ("Papa" IS God): Papa, I can hear You! Papa, I can see You! Papa, I can feel You! Papa, WATCH ME FLY!!!!

Yentl is not for me. I can see why others might like it, but it just felt like Barbara Streisand was promoting an album rather than trying to tell a captivating story. And the songs, while beautifully sung, were largely forgettable. When it comes to the runtime, this movie takes the scenic route, plus there are some strange turns along the way. Dress it up however you'd like, this film isn't that good.

The musical/song score elements don't work at all which is a real shame because the core of the story is quite compelling and moving at times.

Terribly cast and absolutely laughable. The only bright spot is Irving.

A STRONG STORY SHOWN WITH A GENTLE TOUCH. I don't know why I took so long to watch this movie… it's wonderful. Beautifully written and beautifully put on screen. Barbara Streisand is adorable, impossible not to get attached to her character. A story that has been shown with a gentle touch saying strong matters. I don't even like musicals too much, but this is much more than that, this is a memoir. A deep tale of a jewish girl in 1904 who is passionate about studying and to do so she fakes to be a man to be accepted in school. It's an intrinsic story, accompanied by her incredible voice that pierce your soul. Yentl is a girl full of passion, full of determination and full of love. Alone. Never forgetting her dad's lessons and keeping him in her heart, she goes through absurd situations that will make her stronger, and will make her fight for women's rights. The story is shown with love in a majestic way. Impossible not to keep Yentl in your heart after having spent two hours with her. Wonderful. Wonderful…

An interesting cultural story about love and women going to Jewish University. The music was good, but not memorable.

It's a good story, but I gave it 3 stars because it was rather too feminist. There's the "coming out" scene where Anschel reveals his true identity to Avigdor. Avigdor has the appropriate 1905 reaction of anger, fear, disgust, and confusion. But then he calms down and listens with understanding. That's where it becomes unbelievable. Any other man in 1905 Poland would have killed Yentl/ had the community kill Yentl, with the Rabbi's blessing/ beaten her to a bloody pulp, and then kick her out/ or just kick her out. At best she could've been imprisoned. Instead Yentl and Avigdor tenderly confess each other's love for each other. When Avigdor considers marriage with her, assuming she'll end her studies, Yentl disagrees. He asks "Why? What do you want?", Yentl answers "More." That "More." is not appropriate nor meaningful. It's some kind of modern-day feminist cliché placed in the middle of a tragic storm. C'mon! Wedding vows have been exchanged, man secrets have been revealed, people's hearts are breaking and expanding, sexual desire is smoldering. And Yentl says More? What does that even mean? The bottom line is Yentl kept in a secret that could have had severe consequences. Imagine, what if Yentl was NOT a pretty woman? What if she in fact was quite masculine, instead of boyish? What if Avigdor had not wanted her? What if Anschel had been just rejected at seminar for being homosexual, or too effeminate? Streisand's singing is GREAT, though. And as a period piece, quite authentic.

This movie sends out really good message and i personally really like the acting but I've herd a few people I know say that they don't love it. its so amazing and so is the music so i would really recommend watching this

Proper movie-making. Great songs. Great performances.

Eastern Europe, 1904. A Jewish woman, Yentl, has a thirst for knowledge but is prohibited from learning due to the restrictions of her religion. When her father dies, she sets off to increase her knowledge, posing as a man in order to gain admission to a Jewish religious school. Quite dull. Had heaps of potential in terms of a pro-gender-equality message and to highlight the unnecessary restrictions placed on women in society. However, this theme isn't developed very well, being fairly predictable in its progression. The main theme also gets relegated to a sideshow due to the Yentl-Avigdor-Hadass love triangle and the repercussions of Yentl posing as a man. The story ends up being quite dull and farcical. What's worse, it's a musical, and the music is mediocre at best. Only worth watching for the cultural references in other movies and 온라인카지노추천 shows (mainly comedies).

The songs were awful, wandering, pointless, void of depth. The plot had real potential but got bogged down in awkwardness by the middle, and though the ending was perfectly acceptable it felt a little like hitting a neglected theme note. On the up side both of the leads were very strong. A well acted movie, but even that couldn't save it. Just like Barbara's voice couldn't save the music. Still, there were several truly enjoyable well written scenes, all in the early Yeshiva days, that I wouldn't mind seeing again.