1968 · comedy · drama · death
Bye Bye Braverman
Directed by Sidney Lumet1h 34m1968
One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more flirtatious than grieving, Morroe joins up with three other writer friends, Barnet, Felix, and Holly to attend funeral services. However, the quartet faces numerous obstacles that could keep them from paying their respects.
Our read: Bye Bye Braverman (1968) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive comedy · drama · death entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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