1980 · comedy · musical · family
Popeye
Directed by Robert Altman1h 54m1980
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Our read: Popeye (1980) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · musical · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / musical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- inventive
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How Popeye feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want scrappy live-action cartoon energy, Robin Williams chaos, and singalong dockside charm.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if muddy Altman pacing and rough musical numbers will test your patience.
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