Funny Girl (film) doesn't really matter what gets written here - you will have made your mind up about Babs one way or the other, but for the rare uninitiated, this is a fine introduction to her talents." The film holds a 93% approval rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "[Barbra] Streisand elevates this otherwise rote melodramatic musical with her ultra-memorable star turn as Fanny Brice." On Metacritic, the film has an 89 out of 100 rating, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". In addition to
Chip Deffaa "The Seven Little Foys," "Theater Boys," "The Irving Berlin Ragtime Revue," "Irving Berlin: In Person," "Irving Berln & Co.," "Presenting Fanny Brice," and "The George M. Cohan Revue." Deffaa's most recent plays include "The Family that Sings Together..." (published by Drama Source), "Presenting Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl" (Eldridge Plays), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (Leicester Bay Theatricals),"Song-and-Dance Kids" (Leicester Bay Theatricals), and "Irving Berlin: In Person" (Leicester Bay Theatricals). All of Deffaa's plays are available for licensing. He is represented by the Fifi Oscard Agency in New York City. Deffaa also produced, in 2002, "The Chip Deffaa Invitational Theater Festival,"