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Name: The Sunshine Boys
Released: 1975-11-6
Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur

The Sunshine Boys

PG
1h 49m
1975

71%

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George Burns ("Oh, God!") won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as one of two feuding vaudevillian actors who are reunited for a television come back. Co-starring Oscar-winner Walter Matthau ("Grumpy Old Men") and Richard Benjamin ("Goodbye Columbus"). Based on award-winning playwright Neil Simon's play. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Matthau received an Oscar-nomination and a Golden Globe Award.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Producer:

Ray Stark

Writer:

Neil Simon

Cast:

Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Lee

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

71%

Critics Consensus: 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.

Reviews

New Yorker

Pauline Kael

The only part of the movie I enjoyed was the footage during the titles.

The result is a touching, sensitive story that you can hardly stop laughing at.

Somehow, at base, it's oddly offensive. Old age is mocked with malice, or so it seems.

June 14, 2021

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Ken Hanke

The sole point of calm in this work that constantly confuses loud for funny is George Burns, who underplays every scene and walks off with what accolades there are.

It would seem that the more Simon contemplates the human comedy, finding it no laughing matter, the more he feels compelled to darken his humor with pathos.

June 14, 2021

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