Popeye
1980, PG, 114 min.
Directed by Robert Altman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith.

Critically drubbed at the time of its release, Altman’s Popeye is faithful to the spirit of the old comic strip and animated cartoons. Robin Williams plays the mumbling sailor and what human being is more suited to play Olive Oyl than Shelley Duvall? Altman’s film features fantastic art direction, and is also a musical.

This article appears in November 22 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.