fun movie
Added 11/2/2009
Very funny and touching Neil Simon movie. Matthau and Burns snipe and argue and finally appreciate each other.I thought this movie superior to the TV version with Peter Falk and Woody Allen. Rent it. Buy it. Watch it. It's terrific.
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The Sunshine Boys
Added 9/6/2009
Again, Walter Matthau is wonderful. George Burns is a perfect foil for him! How do comedy teams manage to stay together, and what are the dynamics of the members? Very well done! Neil Simon has the golden touch!!
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Good fast and inexpensive
Added 9/4/2009
The movie is entertaining. It is a joy to watch Burns and Matthau.
Relative the the vendor who sold me this used copy...The description was accurate. The disk is pristine.
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"And....ENT-ERRR!!" A true classic.
Added 8/28/2009
This comedy from 1975 holds up very well, thanks to the sharp writing of Neil Simon, which is spoken by two seasoned pros, Matthau & Burns. George Burns made an incredible comeback at the age of 79, racking up an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor on his first try. His character of the reasonably sane but unintentionally bullying Al Lewis was the perfect counterpoint to Matthau's crazed & cantankerous Willie Clark, who gets lost downtown for a commercial audition, terrorizes his former partner during rehearsals, and can't even unlock his apartment door ("Don't push it, SLIDE IT!"). Spending many years with wife Gracie made Burns a master of quiet comic timing as he watches Matthau go throw his hilarious tantrums & yelling.
The third star in this picture is undoubtedly Richard Benjamin, playing Clark's long-suffering nephew/agent, who slowly gets pushed to the brink of insanity by his uncle ("Crazy FREAKIN' Old Man!!"). There are familiar faces along the way: Dom DeLuise's wife Carol Arthur as Lewis' daughter; a pre-WKRP Howard Hesseman as a director on his last nerves; Steve Allen & Phyllis Diller in cameos as themselves; and even F. Murray Abraham playing a car mechanic.
But it's Simon's wordplay and the performances of Matthau & Burns that are the real stars here. Highly recommended!
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Comedy Supreme
Added 4/6/2009
Walter Matthau and George Burns comedically show what some partnerships can be like. It is not to say that all partnerships are carried off in the same manner; but, there could be a bit of truth in what they portray.
This movie will keep the viewer happy and laughing all the way through to the very end.
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fun movie
Added 11/2/2009
Very funny and touching Neil Simon movie. Matthau and Burns snipe and argue and finally appreciate each other.I thought this movie superior to the TV version with Peter Falk and Woody Allen. Rent it. Buy it. Watch it. It's terrific.
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The Sunshine Boys
Added 9/6/2009
Again, Walter Matthau is wonderful. George Burns is a perfect foil for him! How do comedy teams manage to stay together, and what are the dynamics of the members? Very well done! Neil Simon has the golden touch!!
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Good fast and inexpensive
Added 9/4/2009
The movie is entertaining. It is a joy to watch Burns and Matthau.
Relative the the vendor who sold me this used copy...The description was accurate. The disk is pristine.
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