Bye Bye Braverman
“This motion picture is conceived to erase the memory of Leslie Braverman, who had the poor taste to drop dead, without warning, thereby inflicting on his family and friends all sorts of burdensome inconveniences—like, for openers, the funeral.”
Sidney LumetCast
George Segal 
Jack Warden 
Joseph Wiseman 
Sorrell Booke 
Jessica Walter Phyllis Newman
Credits
Written by: Wallace Markfield
Plot
Four Jewish intellectuals ride across New York to attend the funeral of a friend, and they discuss life, death and failure.
Sinekatalog’s take
Sidney Lumet's comedy-drama, with George Segal, Jack Warden and Joseph Wiseman, is funny, wry and bitter, an underrated New York film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (1,034 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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