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metro.sandiegometro.com - : The film was wildly successful in '68, and it is likely to be so again. It looks absolutely gorgeous -- a dye-transfer process has given more life to the already striking colors. Irene Sharaff's costumes were to die for; they still are, and somehow look even better today. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Funny Girl'' is lopsided; good when Barbra's there, transcendent during her best numbers (''Don't Rain On My Parade,'' ''My Man'' and a roller-skating sequence), and curiously flat the rest of the time, as if everyone were waiting until she got back. more...
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www.salon.com - : When we say that someone has the right look for a period picture, we usually mean that there's something about him or her that captures the essence of a long-lost time: Lillian Gish, say, as a Revolutionary War innocent in ''Orphans of the Storm,'' or Liza Minnelli in ''Cabaret.'' But Barbra Streisand was the perfect choice to play the Florenz Ziegfeld-era comedienne Fanny Brice in ''Funny Girl'' for another reason: She has an art deco face. more...
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