Diagonaldi Very well executed

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Peter Quinones This movie is one of the funniest movies I have ever watched. And I have seen my fair share of comedies, from Dom Deloiuse's work to Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Rodney Dangerfield. I don't understand why it is so underrated. Peter Faulk is absolutely historical and Woody Allen plays an excellent straight man. This movie had me on the floor laughing. I would suggest this movie to anyone that wanted to get a good laugh. I admit that I have not seen the original Sunshine boys so I hope all of the other users are right that the original was better because that movie would have to be the funniest movie ever made if it were any funnier than this version...

foxwood9 i had the misfortune to view this version of the Sunshine Boys last night as a part of my Netflix Video Streaming Service. i dozed off for a bit during the performance and that i feel was the best part of the evening.during the portion where i was awake, watching this mess, i kept comparing it in my mind to the vastly superior film that featured Walter Matheau/George Burns/Richard Benjamin/Murray Abraham/Fitz Feld/Carol Arthur etc and wondered just what compelled anyone to produce or act in this updated (?) version. i noticed Whoopie Goldberg in the part of the nurse tending to Peter Falk, but also noticed she took no billing for the part. i think i understand why. she evidently wished to be anonymous, if possible. i don't blame her in the least.do yourself a favor, don't watch this version. pick up the original version. that you'll enjoy

LatigoMeans I was so looking forward to seeing this remake/rewrite having missed it when it was originally broadcast. I so enjoyed the original with Burns and Matthau, and always wondered what the pairing of Falk and Allen would bring to the story. Alas, very little. Allen was better than OK, but Falk seemed totally miscast. This is strange as I find his work in comedies is usually very good. But as has been mentioned in other comments here, there was absolutely no chemistry between the two actors. I think the reason was Allen took his role to a newer place while keeping the basis of the relationship between his character and Falk's true to the story. He didn't play George Burns playing Lewis. He let his personality and comic delivery take over the role. Falk, on the other hand, didn't seem to rise above the Willy Clark as done by Walter Matthau. He didn't even seem to me to have ever been Allen's comic partner. Just not his role. Unfair to compare the two versions? Perhaps, but if one is going to try and redo what was done so well before, one has to expect the yardstick to be what it is.

helpless_dancer Fairly funny film dealing with a pair of out of style showmen who simply can't get along. This picture shows how a young man with a rotten attitude grows old to become even more detestable...a contemptible, useless bore. Not a bad comedy, but I have seen much better. The performances seemed a tad forced to me, however, I may have merely objected to the dialogue: Neil Simon not being one of my favorite writers.