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That gift for populating new places is one of the richest treasures in “Popeye,” Altman’s musical comedy. 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.
Looking for the father (Ray Walston) who deserted him as a baby, a sailor named Popeye (Robin Williams) journeys to the port town of Sweethaven. Popeye befriends an assortment of eccentrics and...
12 Αυγ 2014 · Popeye is Williams actually acting, long before anybody knew he could act, in a movie in which nobody could have blamed him for not even hinting at the character’s frailty and humanity. The bar...
Time Out London. With Williams giving a virtuoso fast-mumbling performance as the hero, and gags ranging from expertly choreographed slapstick to subtle verbal infelicities (Popeye muttering about 'venerable disease'), it is far too sophisticated to function merely as kids' fodder.
Showing 14 Critic Reviews. 90. Time Out London. With Williams giving a virtuoso fast-mumbling performance as the hero, and gags ranging from expertly choreographed slapstick to subtle verbal infelicities (Popeye muttering about 'venerable disease'), it is far too sophisticated to function merely as kids' fodder.
The casting aside from how the film looks is the best asset of the movie. Robin Williams is pitch perfect as Popeye and Shelley Duvall was born for a more seductive Olive-Oyl. Paul L.Smith is great as Bluto, and Ray Walston and Paul Dooley are solid.
Being immersed for nearly two hours in the claustrophobic comic strip world of Popeye is like being trapped in a stalled elevator or a doomed submarine with raving lunatics without fresh air.
