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Name: 1941
Released: 1979-12-14
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Treat Williams, Robert Stack

1941

PG
1h 59m
1979

41%

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Steven Spielberg directs this riotous farce depicting the hysteria of a cross section of Los Angeles citizens following the bombing of Pear Harbor. The film is loosely based on a true event in which a Japanese submarine surfaced off the California coast, setting off a brief wave of panic.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Cast:

Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Treat Williams, Robert Stack, Tim Matheson, John Candy, Slim Pickens, Christopher Lee

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

41%

Critics Consensus: Steven Spielberg's attempt at screwball comedy collapses under a glut of ideas, confusing an unwieldy scope for a commensurate amount of guffaws.

Reviews

Radio Times

John Ferguson

Widely regarded as the one Steven Spielberg disaster, this sprawling comedy never deserved all the flak that was thrown at it.

April 4, 2024

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El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

1941 is a cold cadaver that Spielberg insults with malign complacency. [Full review in Soanish]

What a mess!

1941 is perhaps one of those films that should be seen twice, so that disappointed expectations over the wayward behaviour of the slapstick no longer get in the way of pleasure over what goes on alongside it.

A somewhat interminable misfire...

November 2, 2018

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