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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 3499
Released: June 24, 2003 |
| Our Price: $4.19 |
| Used Price: $1.98 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A musical version of the cartoon character, Popeye the Sailor Man.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 8-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Description of Popeye:
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
Popeye Reviews:
Great musical... a little melancholy 
2009-12-23 - My young family loves to sit down and watch this with the grandparents. You will not help but to sing the songs afterwards- they are so corny, but skillfully written. Robin Williams plays a great Popeye, but Olive (Shelley Duvall)takes the cake. Best "Popeye" out there besides the original cartoon. You might have trouble finding this video anywhere (that is why we ended up purchasing it). We do not watch much television, but my kids are 8, 5, and 2, and it is one of their favorites.
I like this movie! I love popeye the sailor man!
2009-12-09 - I watch this movie a long time ago scince i was a little kid! Popeye was my favorite cartoon to watch just like any other cartoon from back in the day! Robin Williams play a very good role in this film as well as Shelley Duvall when she play olive oil! This movie is on point from back in the days. And it is also fun for the kids to watch! Thanks Amazon for putting this on Amazon on demand!
Dee Smalls (AKA De'Vear Small)
Representing Decatur GA!
Returned Item 
2009-08-12 - I returned the item because Amazon did a swirtch in my cart from a used DVD to a new one and I did not like the price difference.
I guess I must be stupid 
2009-08-06 - I guess I must be stupid. I really liked this movie, and continue to like it every time I see it. I never saw the cartoons in the movies, and never read the comic strip, so cannot compare them to this amusing, entertaining film. The actors are great for their parts, the scenery is chaotically funny, the songs are wonderful, and the feeling is sooooo light-hearted! And there ARE some really funny lines that I discover and re-discover every time I watch this!
I just do not understand what the critics are fussing about. Maybe because there is no gratuitous sex and the violence is slapstick.
Good watch!
2009-07-06 - This movie is a good make of Popeye. Robin Williams does a wonderful job and Shelly Duval is a very good Olive Oil. It's a good movie to watch if you want a feel good, comedy, musical movie.
