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The Sunshine Boys
The film follows the extraordinary duo persuaded to reunite for a television although they seem to be rivals. What will happen in that process and through the show?
15 October 1900, Berlin, Germany
8 August 1911, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1947, River Edge, New Jersey, USA
3 March 1904
1 November 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 April 1936, Camden, New Jersey, USA
18 February 1909, New York City, New York, USA
26 December 1921, New York City, New York, USA
August 13, 2010
Herbert Ross' version of Neil Simon's Broadway production is still a play--verbose and repetitious at that--but it's well acted by Walter Matthau and George Burns (who won an Oscar) as the two cranky vet vaudevillians.
July 15, 2014
Aging comics sparkle, swear, and spar in Neil Simon farce.
May 30, 2001
The movie itself is a bit lackluster (clever dialogue, but it really goes on and on and on...).
April 30, 2003
Matthau delivers one of the great comedic performances, and Simon feeds him one killer quip after another.
May 09, 2005
Mr. Matthau is so good playing old men, we may never know when he finally becomes one.
January 01, 2000
Neil Simon's most irritating play is no less agonizing on the screen under Herbert Ross's sycophantic direction.
October 22, 2013
Great chemistry between the two great comic leads and some pretty decent one-liners but this doesn't manage to hold together as a feature-length concept.
March 26, 2009
The Sunshine Boys is an extremely sensitive and lovable film version of Neil Simon's play, with Walter Matthau and George Burns outstanding in their starring roles as a pair of long-hostile vaudeville partners.
April 02, 2010
It's generally an appealing and witty film because the leads are outstanding as cranks.