The film follows the extraordinary duo persuaded to reunite for a television although they seem to be rivals. What will happen in that process and through the show?
Mr. Matthau is so good playing old men, we may never know when he finally becomes one.
Emanuel Levy
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August 13, 2010
Herbert Ross' version of Neil Simon's Broadway production is still a play--verbose and repetitious at that--but it's well acted by Walter Matthau and George Burns (who won an Oscar) as the two cranky vet vaudevillians.
Great chemistry between the two great comic leads and some pretty decent one-liners but this doesn't manage to hold together as a feature-length concept.
The Sunshine Boys is an extremely sensitive and lovable film version of Neil Simon's play, with Walter Matthau and George Burns outstanding in their starring roles as a pair of long-hostile vaudeville partners.