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"Yentl" as a very impressive film. Watching it it is hard to believe that it was made by a first time feature film director.

People hate this film because Barbra is in it. She is wonderful. I get tired of hearing people say that "Barbra was too old" for the role. Well she doesn't play "Yentl" that was from the short story. She plays Yentl in her 30's. HEr father from the book is even aged by 20 years.

The story of this film is that the main character has a thirst for learning. After her father's death she disguises herself as a man so she continue her studies in a time where women's higher education was forbidden.

Yentl then falls in love with a man who unknown to him that his new best friend happens to be a woman.

My only problem with this film is that it is a little long but it is never boring. In my opinion if this film was directed by a man we would still be singing the films praises today.

If you were to dare to look at Tom Cruise and his body of work you will see his acting is a tired act. He plays the same role. He is an arrogant jerk who learns the errors of his ways. In this film however he becomes arrogant but he is still a jerk.

This film is not as funny as people tell you. Scientology people just hit the imdb boards all the time to prop up members and the films they are in. "Magnolia" is a great example of a terrible film with a high IMDB rating that was speared headed by Tom's church of the warped mind.

Now this film is all about how in a short amount of time a teenager from the suburbs turn his parents home into a brothel. He is also trying to get into a college and lears how to cuss at the same time.

Has a few laughs. My guess is Tom Cruise put a sock in his underwear for his famous dance sequence.