Allan F. Nicholls, Bill Irwin, Dennis Franz

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PG, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Release Date: December 12, 1980

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DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003

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  • September 22, 2009
    This is a very messy film but I really loved it as a child.
  • July 1, 2009
    "Heeeelp! Heeeelp!"

    Robert Altman as the director. Robin Williams in his first feature film role. You'd think that the end result would be somewhat entertaining. Well, 'Popeye' was a real torture and honestly one of the worst films I've ever seen.

    Popeye comes to a place called...( read more) Sweethaven to find his father, meets Olive Oyl and all of a sudden adopts a kid called Sweetpea. And every now and then the cast starts to sing the most terrible songs ever performed on the big screen. I like musicals as much as the next new kid on the block but goddamn! These songs were probably arranged by a bunch of braindamaged monkeys. Fuck me sideways and pull a roll of quarters from my ass!

    The cast is a bunch of apathetic nutcases. The acting, all of them together and not to name a few, is one of the worst ever witnessed by my eyes. Their voices, their looks... Awful. I should probably get some therapy for this but I'm pretty sure that I'll cry myself to sleep today. There's absolutely nothing good in this film. No wait, the moment when the screen goes blank. I enjoyed that. Very much.

    Now you may ask; "You moron! Why didn't you just push the stop button?" Not my thing, I always watch the movie 'til the end. Even if it would suck more ass the all the asses in the world and beyond. Do not watch this movie!
  • June 23, 2009
    Popeye: Another thing I got is a sensk of humiligration. Now, maybe you swabs can pool your intelligensk and sees that I'm axking you for an apologeky.

    So this movie happened.

    Sitting on my shelf, in the pile consisting mostly of movies other people bought me, me and the boys ...( read more)decided to watch Popeye, a movie I forgot existed. Not only does is it directed by Robert Altman and stars Robin Williams in his debut film role and Shelly Duvall, the film is also a musical. Let the fun begin!

    Certainly a lot of effort went into the production design, as a whole town was built to create the sets for this movie. Along with careful choreography and extras use to get across this light-hearted musical theme. All of this going into the film that is treated very much like a cartoon.

    Basically, the story involves Popeye coming into town looking for his pappy, only to fall for the skinny Olive Oyl. Unfortunately, Popeye must also deal with the brute known as Bluto and a newly arrived baby on the scene.

    Now, I'm not a fan of musicals and it doesn't help when only a couple of the songs actually have comprehensible lyrics, however, that's not a huge problem for this film. The big problem comes from the fact that its almost two hours long. Its a huge stretch to suffer through Williams playing this character and Shelly Duvall and her teeth complaining and screaming for Popeye.

    Its well made, I guess, but hell if I wanna watch it again anytime soon.

    Popeye: Oh, what am I? Some kind of barnacle on the dinghy of life?
  • May 25, 2009
    Nice movie.
  • May 24, 2009
    Popeye in its first and only live action movie was kinda disappointing to me. I mean I like the movie but I notice a lot of errors and flaws that makes you think why they did this movie. The story and the plot is kinda cheesy, the fx's are terrible specially at the end with the o...( read more)ctopus that looks totally fake at first sight. The cast is good but their performances not so much, the only one that is worthy is Robin Williams as Popeye and only because he is a natural comedian and knows how to lift a character. Anyway I review it with 3 1/2 stars because it made me remember one of my favorite cartoons and because Williams is one of my favorite actors.
  • November 16, 2009
    I used to see this on TV and I'd always change the channel.
  • September 30, 2009
    robin williams was great
  • September 27, 2009
    The worst film of Robin Williams ever. It's better to forget it. Nothing to do with the comic realy bad!!!
  • September 23, 2009
    too funny... too silly
  • September 11, 2009
    Loved this as a kid and have been to the Island off of Malta where it is filmed.. I remember very little about it now...

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

He takes one of the most artificial and limiting of art forms -- the comic strip -- and raises it to the level of high comedy and high spirits. full review

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