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71% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 72% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are a pair of feuding vaudeville comedians (Lewis and Clark, naturally) who...
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- Herbert Ross
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- Walter Matthau
The Sunshine Boys Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Pauline Kael New Yorker. TOP CRITIC. The only part of the movie I enjoyed was the footage during the...
THE SUNSHINE BOYS is a warm and winning Neil Simon comedy which shines thanks to unbeatable chemistry between Matthau and Burns. 9 out of 10 found this helpful. Was this review helpful?
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 38 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Thanks to the sparkling chemistry between its stars and Herbert Ross' gentle direction, this sweetly ambling comedy ranks among Neil Simon's finest screen adaptations."
Nov 9, 1975 · The film, directed by Herbert Ross and written by Neil Simon from his Broadway comedy, has a lot of attractive things to recommend it, more than enough, I'm sure, to make it a substantial box...
Aging comics sparkle, swear, and spar in Neil Simon farce. Read Common Sense Media's The Sunshine Boys review, age rating, and parents guide.
Jan 8, 1976 · Review. Featured review. Super Works from Matthau and Burns... in one of Neil Simon's best plays. Creaky, cranky ex-Vaudeville stars played by Walter Matthau and George Burns are teaming up for a TV comedy special. The problem is they haven't even SEEN each other in over a decade.
