Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Wuchak Released in 1966 and directed by Norman Jewison from Nathaniel Benchley's novel, "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" is a dramedy about a Soviet sub that runs aground off the coast of the fictional Gloucester Island, Massachusetts. When a team comes ashore to borrow a boat the small population confuses the situation for an all-out Soviet attack on America. 'Gloucester Island' is televisionless and nigh radio-less, just as Nantucket Island was at the time, which facilitates the build-up of confusion.The all-star cast includes Carl Reiner & Eva Marie Saint as the couple who initially meet the Russians. Alan Arkin pretty much steals the show as the leader of the ashore team. Brian Keith appears as the likable level-headed police chief with the bumbling Jonathan Winters as his assistant. Theodore Bikel is on hand as the Russian Captain.The title alludes to Paul Revere's Ride, which is hilariously lampooned at the end in a sequence concerning the town drunk (Ben Blue). The movie was released at the height of the Cold War and had significant effect in both DC and Moscow. It was somewhat revolutionary in that it portrayed the Soviets in a positive light. Alaskan Senator Ernest Gruening mentioned the picture in Congress; and it was even screened in the Kremlin. When shown at the Soviet Film Writers' Union, Sergei Bondarchuk was reportedly moved to tears.If you can ignore the obvious and incongruous geography of the Northern California coast as a stand-in for a Nantucket-like island, this is a somewhat worthwhile political dramedy made by the producers of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," although not as zany. The movie was a hit critically and commercially, and was even nominated for Best Picture, but this was likely due to the Cold War Zeitgeist.Seeing it today, it was clearly overrated. The cast is great, but the antics and bickering of the townsfolk is tedious rather than funny. The ending is semi-iconic, but the way someone is rescued is wholly unbelievable – the gutter wouldn't have been able to hold the man's weight, not to mention the all-around unrealistic depiction of the event (no one had a long ladder nearby?). The best subplot is the one with the young Russian (John Phillip Law) romancing an American cutie (Andrea Dromm, who appeared on Star Trek's pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before").The film is a bit overlong at 126 minutes and was shot in Bodega Bay, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Caspar and Westport, California.GRADE: C+ (5.5/10)

Rabby Tat This is a warm and funny movie from an earlier time. Clever and fun. Character driven without the silly special effects so common in modern movies. It relies upon good writing, quality acting and genuine physical comedy to do the job. I see that some reviewers did not like the ending, but this is integral to achieving the positive message that the movie wanted to convey. During the Cold War, people were in credible fear and this was an attempt to calm the fears while also giving a message of hope. If you do not appreciate this movie, you need to look at our history and once informed, consider it in the context of the day. Otherwise, from the late Brian Keith, "I thought all the nuts went home on Labor Day." :-)

kijii This is a funny movie with several humorous scenes. The large cast with many funny actors reminds me of another big comedy, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Ben Blu and Jonathan Winters are at their best here too. I've always enjoyed Alan Arkin as well, whether he is being serious or only acting as though he is being serious. Once you get into the movie, it is somewhat drawn out since we can only suspect a satisfactory outcome.It is strange that this movie is 50 years old, yet I remember this time quite clearly as the "Cool War" was brewing while I was in college. Seems like only yesterday..

musicjune-957-115337 Having lived on an off-shore Maine island for years I have always loved this movie. We had a Jonathan Winters cop who was so incompetent that he was not allowed to carry a gun and made Barney Fife look like a genius. I observed him one day trying to stop a speeding motorist who ignored him and his comment was "Go ahead, I hope you kill yourself". The island airport was off-limits even for emergencies. The island jail was one room and the door lock was broken so the cop would tell people he wanted to arrest to go home but to be sure to be on the ferry boat in the morning to go to jail on the main-land. He usually got on the ferry alone. Incest is rampant on the coastal islands of Maine so there were 600 village idiots in this small village of 1300 people. You could find out who was sleeping with whom by asking the town phone operator. I knew a guy whose wife broke their telephone over his head. He remarked that it was OK because even though he could not receive he could still send. Another guy I knew got a hunting knife from his wife for Christmas and liked to brag that he gave it back to her in the stomach. A friend of mine had an awful smell in his car but said it was OK because it was his wifes "after birth" which he hadn't had time to throw on the dump. If you were not born on the island you were considered a "from away" person and therefore a secondary citizen. One fellow took umbrage at this and spoke up because he and his father were both born and raised on the island. He was told yes but your grandfather was not born here so you are from "Away". I knew another guy who was having an affair with a young girl and was told by his wife to stop because unknown to him she was his daughter. Lots of fun in this movie don't miss it.