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Simon

Play trailer Poster for Simon PG,  1980,  1h 37m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 58% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
58% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
This bizarre comedy centers on Simon Mendelssohn (Alan Arkin), a preening professor of psychology who is mischievously duped into believing that he is an extraterrestrial. Dr. Carl Becker (Austin Pendleton) and the other idle think-tank members responsible for his condition also manage to convince the public that he's an alien, resulting in misadventures involving armed soldiers and eccentric commune dwellers when Simon escapes from the halls of academia and out into society.

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Joseph Gelmis Newsday Jun 23, 2021
3.5/4
"Simon" is a thinking person's comedy. Its defects are trivial. Go to Full Review
Sumner Rand Orlando Sentinel Jun 23, 2021
3/4
It's all wildly wacky, and Brickman's screenplay takes aim at and neatly punctures many over-blown aspects of modem-day American life. Go to Full Review
Perry Stewart Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com Jun 23, 2021
Brickman has given us a very nice piece of whimsy. And his star, Alan Arkin, turns out to be the perfect launching pad for Brickman's barbs. Go to Full Review
John Brosnan Starburst Jul 26, 2022
A refreshingly intelligent satire on science and scientists. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Apr 15, 2022
1/4
...smug and mostly intolerable... Go to Full Review
Michael McKeever Fresno Bee Jun 23, 2021
"Simon" is not a very good film. As a matter of fact, it's a rather bad film. Go to Full Review
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Kylo L Mar 28, 2019 Eccentric and stupid. It had some good ideas though.
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Marshall Brickman

Director

Alan Arkin

Prof. Simon Mendelssohn

Madeline Kahn

Dr. Cynthia Mallory

Austin Pendleton

Dr. Carl Becker

Judy Graubart

Lisa

William Finley

Fichandler

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Simon

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Movie Info

Synopsis This bizarre comedy centers on Simon Mendelssohn (Alan Arkin), a preening professor of psychology who is mischievously duped into believing that he is an extraterrestrial. Dr. Carl Becker (Austin Pendleton) and the other idle think-tank members responsible for his condition also manage to convince the public that he's an alien, resulting in misadventures involving armed soldiers and eccentric commune dwellers when Simon escapes from the halls of academia and out into society.
Director
Marshall Brickman
Producer
Martin Bregman
Screenwriter
Marshall Brickman
Production Co
Orion Pictures, Bergman Film Company
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 37m
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