Are you kidding me?
Did Hollywood really make a movie with Barbara Steisand playing a jewish girl who dresses as a boy to go study the Torah??? Yes, yes they did. That is like something out of south park, this has to be the DUMBEST movie ever.
shareyentl is an amazing movie! i love it!
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Yentl is a good movie! Who cares if Barbra was 40 years old playing a teenager? I hate it when ppl get the CHARACTER'S age confused with the ACTOR'S age. If Barbra is 40 and she looks young enough to play a kid, LET HER! More power to her! This film was a labor of love for Streisand. She had wanted to do the film years before but she wasnt able to, so she was forced to wait....and she did. Thats dedication. One more thing, who else would have done just a good of a performance in this role? IN MY OPINION, nobody was more fit for the role.
shareSome people do play characters who are much different than their age range. Winona Ryder had to dress like a very old woman in "Edward Scissorhands," for example. Make-up can do wonders. Just look at a picture of any celebrity without his or her normal make-up on.
sharedoes it mention anywhere in the film what age Yentl is supposed to be? Barbra looked alot younger as Anshel than Yentl.
By far the biggest stretch of all is Stockard Channing in Grease- she was in her early thirties!
the age thing is a bit off. yentl is supposed to be around 18 years old and babs was 40 when she starred in the part......but who cares its still a great movie and she was able to pull it all off.
shareAnshel, maybe, but Yentl definitively in her late twenties ; remember when they are talking at the market about her still not married at her age ?
shareEveryone in Grease was way above the age the characters are supposed to be.
"NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE"
BARBRA STREISAND AS YENTL
I liked "Yentl"---there were times I felt it seemed to take itself too seriously (and was bit long) when one considers that Babs didn't really do anything drastic to look or sound like a boy. But, the film reminds me of earlier Hollywood films---when actors basically always played a role as themselves. I think it gives it a "classic" feel... makes it seem like an older film. And, despite not looking like a boy or sounding like one, Barbra still does a very good acting job in this film. I believe the character's love for Avigdor when I watch it... I believe her wanting to study and learn... I can believe her bewilderment as to why she is not allowed to study... that was the point of the movie... that is why she didn't attempt to do something like Hillary Swank did when she starred in "Boys Don't Cry". A more convincing performance as a member of the opposite sex would have detracted from the points Barbra was trying to make with "Yentl". And, the score is gorgeous---written perfectly for her voice
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shareIn the book, Yentl is 16...Barbra knew she could not play that young so she changed the age to 26. It makes sense because Yentl did stay at home to take care of her dad and would be considered very much an old maid at that age.
This movie is perfection