Rating: PG
Genre:
Adventure
Release Date: 08/05/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0/DD1
Run Time: 113 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Based on the long-running comic strip created by
E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by
Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach),
Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by
Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father.
Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender
Olive Oyl (
Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but
Olive's hand has already been promised to the hulking
Bluto (
Paul Smith), of whom
Olive can say little except, well, he's large. Eventually,
Popeye and
Olive are brought together by
Swee' Pea (
Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and
Popeye finally meets his dad,
Poopdeck Pappy (
Ray Walston). Director
Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
