Lost in Yonkers ★★½ Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers 1993 (PG) Arty and Jay are two teenage brothers who, while their widowed father looks for work, are sent to live with their stern grandmother, smalltime gangster uncle, and childlike aunt in 1942 New York. Ruehl reprises her Tony award-winning performance as Aunt Bella, who loses herself in the movies while trying to find a love of her own, out from under the oppressive thumb of her domineering mother (Worth). Performances by the adults are more theatrical than necessary but the teenagers do well in their observer roles. Based on the play by Neil Simon, which again chronicles his boyhood. 114m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Richard Dreyfuss, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus, David Strathairn, Robert Miranda, Jack Laufer, Susan Merson;
Director:
Martha Coolidge;
Writer:
Neil Simon;
Cameo:
Elmer Bernstein.
