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Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare humanity with local eccentricity (think of his M*A*S*H and Nashville). So Altman's Popeye (1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, cluttered, cartoonish town called Sweethaven. But it is much less successful as a comprehensible story about the famous sailor with massive forearms and a relationship with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall). Robin Williams plays Popeye with his usual brilliance for mimicry, Paul Dooley makes a credible Wimpy, and Paul L. Smith makes an impression as the oversized bully, Bluto. But this strange, disastrous film never becomes more than an expensive workshop airing out Altmanesque themes. --Tom Keogh
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POPEYE
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2236771
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2236771
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Popeye (Widescreen) (DVD)
funny movie i laughed alot. robin willams is a good actor. shelly duvale is good as olivePopeye (Widescreen)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A lot of fun, worth seeing, but promised even more,
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This review is from: Popeye (Widescreen) (DVD)
A lot of fun, with Shelly Duvall a flat out fabulous Olive Oyle, Robin Williams, excellent as Popeye, Paul Dooley a great Wimpy who steals almost every scene he's in and good old Ray Walston is terrific as Popeye's dad. The production design is amazing, and the whole thing comes as close to creating a live action cartoon world as anything I've ever seen. Harry Neilson's songs are pretty great as well.On the other hand, after starting out like a masterpiece, it doesn't really go anywhere. The plot lines get more conventional and less subversive as it goes along, and the climax is pretty instantly forgettable. At first you think it's going to be Popeye meets Threepenny Opera, a complex social satire under the jokes, but it ends up just sweet, good natured, wonderfully done, but slightly shallow fun. That's more than enough reason to see it, but disappointing when you think what could have been.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The movie is good, but the music is brilliant,
This review is from: Popeye (Widescreen) (DVD)
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall are wonderful together in this film, but the music of Harry Nilson and Van Dyke Parks is absolutely fabulous. Why has a C.D. of just the music never been released ? or even included as a special feature on the DVD ? Why don't more films - released on DVD - give you the option of playing just the soundtrack ???
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