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      The Sunshine Boys

      1997 1h 36m Comedy List
      Reviews 40% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Former vaudeville partners (Woody Allen, Peter Falk) grudgingly reunite decades later for a TV special. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Peter Falk, Woody Allen and Sarah Jessica Parker in a movie together? Someone knows how to cast. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member #WoodyAllenRetro Podcast Project and we get to another Woody helmed tv movie with, as always, great acting but again with these play/movies not alot of meat and variety to make it shine* - peter falk is great BUT his character is exceedingly unlikeable.. to the point it becomes distracting, Sarah JP is bland not given much to do - there is a great 5 min surprise cameo by Whoppi G and Woody himself solely leaves the movie totally unscathed and is very likeable throughout - sadly after the first 30mins you have seen all this one has to offer and unless re-written with more scope, different scenes and an actual character arc for peter falk this can seem like a painful slog to get through - again, not the actors fault, the script and the execution is little more than the camera on our two main characters in a series of arguments for over an hour and it's just not fun and overly sustainable Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Review: I enjoyed the banter between Falk &  Allen, which Falk dominated, and I liked the chemistry between the 2 characters. Watching them grow old together was sweat and funny in parts and it was good to see another side to Falk who everyone knows as Colombo. You can tell that the film was adapted from a play because it's mostly based around conversations between the 2 comics who are trying to get along so they can make a movie. It didn't get a major release, like the Matthau and Burns version, because it was made for TV but it's a watchable movie with fast jokes and clever wit. Watchable! Round-Up: After all of the Colombo reruns around the world, Peter Falk is definitely a household name. Famous for his trench coat and cigar, it's hard to watch him without thinking of him cracking some crime is his unique way. In this film he stands toe to toe with Woody Allen and he proves that in his later years, he still could pull off a great performance. Woody Allen was pretty toned down but he still pulled out some funny lines which were well written by Neil Simon. It's not as good as the Mathhau/Burns version, but it's worth a watch, just to compare to two. I recommend this movie to people who are into there comedies about 2 old school comedians with a rocky relationship, who join up to make a movie. 5/10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member skip this and see the 1975 version Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Passable. Woody Allen is pretty funny in the film. Sarah Jessica Parker plays a sweet character. Peter Falk's character is pretty unlikeable. Woody Allen's character is somewhat likeable. The writing seems very formulaic. Not Neil Simon's best work. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Eh. Peter Falk was pretty annoying here. Like honestly. Maybe the script is outdated. Maybe I am not old enough. I don't know. Woody Allen was the only saving grace in this whole thing. But god damn did Peter Falk's character get annoying. He wasn't even funny ANY of the time. He was just an annoying old man. The type of old man that doesn't shut the fuck up at family parties and you just look for ways to get out of conversations. Well this movie is 90 minutes with that old man. The best part is when Woody Allen takes the roll of the viewer with his reaction to the old man. This is definitely a made for TV film and if Woody Allen wasn't in it I wouldn't recommend it to a soul. Good enough concept but the execution was poor. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Former vaudeville partners (Woody Allen, Peter Falk) grudgingly reunite decades later for a TV special.
      Director
      John Erman
      Producer
      Robert Halmi Sr.
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 36m