Review of Popeye (1980) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 30 Oct 1981
Robert Altman's busy, detailed mise-en-scene, flattened cartoon-style through space-compacting long lenses, does capture some of the frenetic atmosphere of the Fleischer cartoons, but it tends to crowd out, and neutralize, the story values.
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This review of Popeye (1980) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 30 Oct 1981.
Popeye has generally received mixed reviews.
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