Popeye

“Shelley Duvall is perfect here as Olive Oyl, the role she was born to play” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Her spindly limbs and her what’s-that-about pout guide her through the rickety fishing village of Sweethaven. When Popeye (Robin Williams, in his movie star debut) washes ashore looking for his long-lost dad, his squinty eyes espy the Oyl of his dreams, but she’s about to be betrothed to the behemoth Bluto. Based on the original E. C. Segar strip, with a script by Jules Feiffer, Williams mumbles asides in gravelly eloquence, battles Bluto with impossible panache, and avoids, when possible, that food group known as leafy greens.