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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 7154
Released: March 30, 2004 |
| Our Price: $3.10 |
| Used Price: $3.04 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Mel Edison, a soon-to-be-unemployed advertising executive, is driven to the brink of a nervous breakdown by New York City living. In an attempt to escape from a garbage strike, nosy neighbors and an unreliable air conditioner in the middle of a head wave, Mel and his long-suffering wife Edna visit his brother in the country. Unfortunately, the dark cloud of tribulation seems to follow Mel in this comic nightmare.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue Reviews:
Prisoner of 2nd Avenue 
2009-07-08 - This is a great movie performed by 2 superb stars. So glad to find a new copy to enjoy.
hillairiously, funny.
2009-06-21 - The film was outstanding, the cost was very fair, and the quality of the film was excellent.
LEMMON & BANCROFT ARE IN TOP FORM IN THIS CLASSIC!
2008-08-16 - Yet another Simon and Lemmon partnership that still holds up well today! Lemmon and Bancroft are teriffic in this very funny film. In the same vein as 'The Out-Of-Towners, but I think this film is a bit better. This DVD has a nice transfer and some interesting extras.
Side splitting funny !
2008-06-12 - This is one of Jack Lemmon's best movies. Well written and acted. A real pleasure. Anne Bancroft was as funny Lemmon. Well worth the price
Shrill Neil Simon Effort 
2007-06-08 - Neil Simon's work to me runs hot and cold. This seventies recession era farce was just plain annoying. Like in the worst Simon efforts the characters either scream at each other or tell jokes. Sorry, Neil, you're skating on a thin line on someone's nervous breakdown and you didn't pull it off here. This flick feels claustrophobic, barely transcending it's stage roots. The redeeming factors here are the performances of Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft who manage to imbue humanity into Simon's cartoon characters. Another plus are the radio announcements interspersed throughout the movie.
