Sweet and charmingly funny in many places, this is dated but entertaining.
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12/30/06
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:14
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a Russian sub runs aground off the coast of New England the locals mobilize a chaotic defense. Prototype for Spielberg's big budget "1941." Based on the novel "The Off-Islanders" by Nathaniel... [More]
Starring: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith
Director: Norman Jewison
Reviews for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
1 - 18 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThough the film is more than two hours long, the pace is always quick, thanks to the fine editing done by Williams and future director Ashby.
10/31/07
Top CriticCold war hysteria hits a peak in this clever satire.
02/14/03
No review available.
03/26/04
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06/07/03
Inexplicably nominated for Best Picture Oscar, Norman Jewison's situation comedy is mildly amusing, benefiting from a catchy title and allowing Alan Arkin to sport a Russian accent as sailor of a Soviet submarine.
03/14/08
...a disarming send-up of Cold War paranoia.
11/10/02
I have never understood the "classic" status of this movie.
02/02/03
The cast is great and the scene in which Carl Reiner and vaudeville vet Tessie O'Shea are lashed together is unforgettably funny.
03/10/03
It skewers hawkish reactionism and mob militancy, and its sympathetic portrayal of the beached Russians -- not to mention the panicky buffoonery of the Americans -- probably gave the more rabid Commie-haters conniptions.
04/05/06
At the foundation of this movie is a great script.
06/05/03
Fabulously funny!
06/19/03
A true classic Cold War comedy told with wit, slapstick, and paranoia.
02/18/06
No review available.
07/21/03
Now terribly quaint (just look at the title!) and not nearly as funny as film historians would lead you to believe.
04/29/04
More memorable for its title than for anything else.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/27/05
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08/08/08
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