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Altman's take on the iconic cartoon is messy and wildly uneven, but its robust humor and manic charm are hard to resist.
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The plotting of this 1980 feature -- outsider in a hostile environment -- is personal to Altman, though few of the feelings survive the clutter. Apr 16, 2007 | Full Review…
The plotting of this 1980 feature -- outsider in a hostile environment -- is personal to Altman, though few of the feelings survive the clutter.
Dave Kehr
It is more than faint praise to say that Popeye is far, far better than it might have been, considering the treacherous challenge it presented. But avoiding disaster is not necessarily the same as success. Apr 16, 2007 | Full Review…
It is more than faint praise to say that Popeye is far, far better than it might have been, considering the treacherous challenge it presented. But avoiding disaster is not necessarily the same as success.
Variety Staff
You wonder how on earth Altman did it; equally often, you feel you are watching a wacky masterpiece, the like of which you've never seen before. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
You wonder how on earth Altman did it; equally often, you feel you are watching a wacky masterpiece, the like of which you've never seen before.
Geoff Andrew
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. Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Roger Ebert
A thoroughly charming, immensely appealing mess of a movie, often high-spirited and witty, occasionally pretentious and flat, sometimes robustly funny and frequently unintelligible. Aug 30, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/5
A thoroughly charming, immensely appealing mess of a movie, often high-spirited and witty, occasionally pretentious and flat, sometimes robustly funny and frequently unintelligible.
Vincent Canby
The soundtrack is the one place where it seems to have ended up as exactly the film it set out to be. Nov 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The soundtrack is the one place where it seems to have ended up as exactly the film it set out to be.
Tim Brayton
It is evident that Robert Altman has crafted a painstaking, serious, and exemplary movie. Aug 21, 2019 | Full Review…
It is evident that Robert Altman has crafted a painstaking, serious, and exemplary movie.
Diego Galán
Reputation be damned, Popeye is a wonderful movie, beguiling and deeply strange. It's also a stealth remake: McCabe for kids. Jul 31, 2015 | Full Review…
Reputation be damned, Popeye is a wonderful movie, beguiling and deeply strange. It's also a stealth remake: McCabe for kids.
Sean Burns
An eccentric take on Popeye and friends. Jan 2, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An eccentric take on Popeye and friends.
M. Faust
A lot of it is klutzier than you may remember it being, and it leads to a wretched climax involving the fakest-looking octopus since Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster. Feb 21, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A lot of it is klutzier than you may remember it being, and it leads to a wretched climax involving the fakest-looking octopus since Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster.
Rob Gonsalves
I reeeeeaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyy hated this movie... Jul 10, 2007 | Rating: 0/4
I reeeeeaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyy hated this movie...
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
A good idea gone down the drain under Altman's spotty direction. Apr 16, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
A good idea gone down the drain under Altman's spotty direction.
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