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Summary: "The Survivors" improves with time
Review: 1983's "The Survivors" is one of those rare films that when i first saw it , i didn't care much for but over the years it seems to improve after each viewing. Robin Williams and Walter Matthau are recently unemployed and while eating at a diner are held up by a robber who they both can finger and eventually bring in to the authorities for arrest. However , the robber (Jerry Reed) is quickly set free. Williams decides to change his life by diving into heavily armed weapons and joining a survivalist camp. Williams asks Matthau to join but he denies the option. While driving a cab , Matthau is held up once again by Reed. Demanding to know Williams whereabouts Matthau explains that Williams has left town for the camp. Matthau along with his teenage daughter (Kristen Vigard) head to the secluded camp with Reed to soon follow. The survivalist camp is wrappped in a beautiful wintry scenery. Not a strong script and not overly funny but just enough laughs provided by mainly the great Robin Williams who carries this film all by himself.
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Summary: The Survivors
Review: funny, funny, sooo funny, can't watch it enough,misplaced
our last copy, gonna get another one...don't forget Jerry
Reeds caustic southern humor also...
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Summary: Maybe it's just me, but...
Review: I guess when this movie was released back in the eighties, it was much funnier and more interesting. But to me, it's just long and boring.There's a few jokes scattered here and there that can cause a chuckle, but the rest are mostly just painful. Walter Matthau and Robin Williams stop a robber in a diner, and afterward, Williams's character decides to go to a survivalist camp, where wackiness ensues. That's about it for the plot. Williams does a good job acting-wise, and I don't blame him for this [cruddy] movie. I consider him a great actor on many levels, and this was just an unfortunate role for him to play. Matthau, too, does a good job, but just got stuck with a bad movie. Everybody else [stinks]. Especially the actresses, who all speak with a really dumb-sounding voice (You know that light-headed kind of "Ooh... am I awake now?" kind of voice?) and say stupid things. But, hey, some people like "The Survivors," and others like "Clerks." Which one fits you?
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Summary: Another Great Sleeper
Review: In my view this is one that gets better and funnier the more times you watch it. Pay attention to each and every thing Williams says and does and you'll see what I mean. Matthau is also hilarious. Watch for the scene when he applies for unemployment benefits. I don't ever get tired of this one. Get it before it becomes unavailable.
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Summary: Another Great Sleeper
Review: In my view this is one that gets better and funnier the more times you watch it. Pay attention to each and every thing Williams says and does and you'll see what I mean. Matthau is also hilarious. Watch for the scene when he applies for unemployment benefits. I don't ever get tired of this one. Get it before it becomes unavailable.
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Summary: One of my all time favorite Comedies
Review: Robin Williams is masterful as a zany survival nut who is being taken advantage of by a scheming businessman preying on fear that society will break down...Walter Matthau is the perfect straight man/foil for Williams... Even though this is an older movie it is a theme which is still timeless...Is society getting ready for the "Big Flush" and how do responsible people respond to it?... Williams and Matthau provide one very funny solution.
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Summary: Sleeper Hit to stay awake for!
Review: The Survivors brings together Robin Williams and Walter Matheau in a story of hope and adventure with many laughs sprinkled within. Their wonderful chemistry along with a suprisingly great job by Jerry Reed make this movie a perfect getaway.
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Summary: One of our family's favorites.
Review: This is a hilarious movie! The manic energy of Robin Williams and the quiet dry humor of Walter Mathua make a wonderful contrast. Our whole family enjoys this movie and the characters that inhabit the story.
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Summary: Laugh after laugh, lots of laughs...
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Robin and Walter are terrific together. It's one of those movies that makes you laugh the first and tenth time you watch it. It's right up there with "Support Your Local Sheriff".
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Summary: FUNNY
Review: This is one that is easily forgotten, but people should rediscover this piece of work. 2 men's lives unexpectedly cross when a diner is robbed. Donald(Williams) Quinelle decides that society is too sick to "survive" and joins a survivalist group in the mountains. Sonny(Matthau) Paluso wants no part of the survivalist mode of living, but in order to save his own life from the armed robber they can both put the finger on he soons joins Quinelle in the survivalist camp. Jerry Reed is the robber and does one heck of a job here. Opening credits use the late Governor Huey Long's "Every Man a King".
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