Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues was the second of playwright Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (number one was Brighton Beach Memoirs; number three, Broadway Bound). Matthew Broderick stars as Simon's alter ego Eugene Morris Jerome, who is drafted and shipped off to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in the ...more

The second in a trilogy of autobiographical play adaptations penned by Neil Simon, this congenial comedy is an ensemble crowd pleaser with remarkable performances from several of its enthusiastic cast members. The material is decidedly episodic and even anecdotal, but director Mike Nichols breaks it out of its stage-bound roots, opening up to the humid Southern locales and giving his actors some breathing room. Of the three plays-cum-films that comprise the Simon cycle, this is easily the most ...more