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  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary From Aviva Kempner, award-winning maker of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, comes this humorous and eye-opening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg. She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The Goldbergs, a popular radio show about a Jewish family living in New York City which became television’s very first character...

Directed By: Aviva Kempner

  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2009
  • Unrated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 32 m

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary From Aviva Kempner, award-winning maker of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, comes this humorous and eye-opening story of television pioneer Gertrude Berg. She was the creator, principal writer, and star of The Goldbergs, a popular radio show about a Jewish family living in New York City which became television’s very first character...

Directed By: Aviva Kempner

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Kempner once again educates and entertains with unexpected tidbits and just plain good old-fashioned filmmaking.
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75
Well-spoken but humorously self-deprecating, Berg admits that, between the hours spent writing, rehearsing and performing, she spends more of her life as Molly than she does as herself.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
75
Berg was the pioneer for an indie TV entrepreneur like Lucille Ball.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Kempner has done everything right by organizing her bountiful material into a fascinating portrait of a worthy personality and her era and touching upon related issues like the impact of the blacklist and the alchemy of celebrity.
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70
Celebratory but clear-eyed portrait of Gertrude Berg.
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63
The documentary, like the series, is haimish in the extreme - cozy, warm, homey.
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58
Listening to Berg's characters talk so naturally, honestly, and colorfully about the small, surmountable problems of their daily life is so engaging that whenever Kempner cuts away to another dry historian or fervent fan, it's doubly aggravating.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ciesla Foundation
Release Date Jul 10, 2009
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline "The Most Famous Woman in America You've Never Heard Of"
Website http://mollygoldbergfilm.org/home.php
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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