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 rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
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08/08/08
Top CriticNow 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
Though 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
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