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08/08/08
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 15
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a Russian sub runs aground off the coast of New England the locals mobilize a chaotic defense. Prototype for Spielberg's big budget "1941." Based on the novel "The Off-Islanders" by Nathaniel... [More]
Starring: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith
Director: Norman Jewison
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Top CriticInexplicably nominated for Best Picture Oscar, Norman Jewison's situation comedy is mildly amusing, benefiting from a catchy title and allowing Alan Arkin to sport a Russian accent as sailor of a Soviet submarine.
03/14/08
Though the film is more than two hours long, the pace is always quick, thanks to the fine editing done by Williams and future director Ashby.
10/31/07
Top CriticSweet and charmingly funny in many places, this is dated but entertaining.
12/30/06
Top CriticIt skewers hawkish reactionism and mob militancy, and its sympathetic portrayal of the beached Russians -- not to mention the panicky buffoonery of the Americans -- probably gave the more rabid Commie-haters conniptions.
04/05/06
A true classic Cold War comedy told with wit, slapstick, and paranoia.
02/18/06
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06/29/05
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01/27/05
Now terribly quaint (just look at the title!) and not nearly as funny as film historians would lead you to believe.
04/29/04
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03/26/04
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07/21/03
Fabulously funny!
06/19/03
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06/07/03
At the foundation of this movie is a great script.
06/05/03
The cast is great and the scene in which Carl Reiner and vaudeville vet Tessie O'Shea are lashed together is unforgettably funny.
03/10/03
Cold war hysteria hits a peak in this clever satire.
02/14/03
I have never understood the "classic" status of this movie.
02/02/03
...a disarming send-up of Cold War paranoia.
11/10/02
More memorable for its title than for anything else.
01/01/00
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