Review of The Sunshine Boys (1975) by Alex W — 30 Mar 2009
Neil Simon's dialogue is as clever as ever in this filmed version of his play. Someone on one of these movie sites described it as The Odd Couple for octogenarians, and I think they were right. Much of the dialogue is reminiscent of Odd Couple (especially when you have Walter Matthau playing one of them).
The ending came as a surprise to me but was still full of heart, as Simon's work generally is. After so much hype about it, "The Doctor Sketch" was every bit as funny in vaudevillian terms as they had claimed it to be.
A great retelling of a great story. Definitely one to watch!
This review of The Sunshine Boys (1975) was written by Alex W on 30 Mar 2009.
The Sunshine Boys has generally received positive reviews.
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