in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "The movie feels so plotted, so constructed, so written, that I found myself thinking maybe they shouldn't have filmed the final draft of the screenplay. Maybe there was an earlier draft that was a little disorganized and unpolished, but still had the jumble of life in it.... The movie was directed by Gene Saks, who directs many of Simon's plays on both the stage and the screen, and whose gift is for the theater. His plays have the breath of life; his movies feel like the official authorized version. Everything is by the numbers." References External links (archive) Brighton Beach Memoirs at ThatTheatreSite 2009 Broadway Revival Official Website 1982 plays Broadway plays Plays by Neil Simon Autobiographical plays Plays set in New York City Plays set in the 1930s Brooklyn in fiction American plays adapted into films Brighton Beach