Film

Popeye 1980

Directed by Robert Altman

  • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
  • 114 min
  • PG

Haves a happy holiday with me an' Olive!

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.

ActionAdventureComedyFamilybabyoctopusblackmailmusicalbased on comictax collectorbased on cartoonsuper powersailorspinachseaside townabandoned baby

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Character

Nostalgic, comic, resolved and effortless.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • gravecomic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • effortlessdemanding
  • warmbleak

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: disliked by 40 / 4The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 1The Ironist: disliked by 11 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 11The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: disliked by 10 / 1The CartographerThe Cartographer: disliked by 10 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 10 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

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