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Thanks to the sparkling chemistry between its stars and Herbert Ross' gentle direction, this sweetly ambling comedy ranks among Neil Simon's finest screen adaptations. Read critic reviews
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Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are a pair of feuding vaudeville comedians (Lewis and Clark, naturally) who performed together for 47 years before finally calling it quits. A network genius then has the brilliant idea of reuniting the duo for a TV special about the history of comedy. Once the reunion is on, the sparks and one-liners start to fly with equal speed. But can Lewis and Clark put aside their differences long enough to collect one last paycheck?
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Herbert Ross
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Writer: Neil Simon
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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Critic Reviews for The Sunshine Boys
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Two perpetual second bananas (insofar as casting choices made over the courses of their careers goes) get a shot at the big time in this curious shout-out to vaudeville that in actuality isn't. Matthau is singularly dynamic as an old Jewish curmudgeon angry at his ex-partner, while Burns is the partner himself, more stable, more balanced. But this Neil Simon comedy is rarely funny and only amusing at best, despite nearly every scene, particularly by the principals, being 'a bit' designed to get a laugh. You know the film about old vaudeville performers stinks when the walkthrough performance by Lee Meredith (as "The Nurse") steals the film, and she's only onscreen for about 5 minutes.
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Two octogenarian former comedians reunite for one last show after a contentious separation. Neil Simon, famed for his dialogue and witticisms, may have written some funny scenes and plays, but as a whole, this isn't one of them. Yes, the monologue of Walter Matthau's character listing funny words is classic, but most of the film is filled with tired jokes that Matthau and George Burns, kyphotic to a fault, stumble through. The plot is basically predictable, and the filmmaking is not dynamic. Overall, some of the film is funny, but it doesn't hold together beyond being a collection of sketches.
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Matthau and Burns give a decent amount of life to Neil Simon's play. I find it weird how it seems like Matthau has always perpetually played old men even in his youth. Burns got a lot of mediocre gigs in forgettable movies after this.
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Matthau e Burns, juntos com o maravilhoso roteiro de Neil Simon, fazem com que seja uma viagem de gargalhadas e ótima diversão. Distaque para a atuação de Burns, que ganhou o Oscar por este papel.
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