Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Popeye has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 16 Aug 2008
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By Bruce Mccabe (78) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 13 Aug 1996
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Popeye was released in 1980 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Popeye (1980) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 74%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Professional critics were more impressed with Popeye than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 59%, Popeye is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1980, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1980 with similar scores include films like Cruising, Alligator and Motel Hell.
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