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Simon
Directed by
Marshall Brickman
PG
1980
1h 37m
Comedy
,
Science Fiction
6.3
60%
69%
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A group of scientists takes Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he is a being from another planet.
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Cast of Simon
Alan Arkin
Simon Mendelssohn
Madeline Kahn
Dr. Cynthia Mallory
William Finley
Fichandler
Wallace Shawn
Eric Van Dongen
Max Wright
Leon Hundertwasser
Fred Gwynne
Maj. Gen. Korey
Austin Pendleton
Dr. Carl Becker
Judy Graubart
Lisa
Adolph Green
Commune Leader
Keith Szarabajka
Josh
Ann Risley
Pam
David Susskind
Himself
Dick Cavett
Himself
Billie Perkins
Commune Member
Jayant
Barundi
Pierre Epstein
Military Aide
Roy Cooper
General's Aide
Rex Robbins
Army Doctor
David Warrilow
Blades
David Gideon
Security Guard
Hetty Galen
Simon's Mother (voice)
Remak Ramsay
TV Newscaster
Hansford Rowe
Priest Babcock Beastly
Yusef Bulos
Hemling Grotowsky
Jerry Mayer
Prof. Jerry Milstein
Sol Frieder
Rabbi Chaim Glassberg
William Griffis
Senator
Frank J. Lucas
Psychologist
George Riddle
Muttonchop Aide
Tom Kubiak
Roach Reaction Patient
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot
Barbara Mongin
Institute Staff Member
Paula Gibson
Melody
James Dukas
Narrator (voice)
Jim Saxon
Commune Member
Michael Earl
Commune Member
Jay Lowman
Commune Member
Steven Nash
Commune Member
Barbara Bergen
Commune Member
Joyce Adams
Commune Member
Bonnie Deroski
Commune Member
Kathryn Cordes
Commune Member
Leslie Frances Williams
Commune Member
Nick Pippin
Commune Member
Ed Karvoski
Commune Member
Mary Lou Kleinbach
Commune Member
Richard Bassett
Commune Member
Phil Witt
Commune Member
Isam Culver
Commune Member
Rickey Murray
Commune Member
Stephanie Segal
Commune Member
Max Goff
Commune Member
Mary Donnet
Commune Member
Don Stitt
Commune Member
Nikki Kollins
Commune Member
Jenny Gault
Commune Member
Regina Rodwell
Commune Member
Schorling Schneider
Commune Member
Tina Austin
Commune Member
Jeffrey Bacon
Commune Member
Elizabeth Wingate
Commune Member
Joan Adams
Commune Member
Lisa Maurer
Commune Member
Louise Lasser
Doris (voice) (uncredited)
Simon Ratings & Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Too bad the rest of the film wasn't as funny as its absurd premise.
Newsday
Joseph Gelmis
"Simon" is a thinking person's comedy. Its defects are trivial.
Orlando Sentinel
Sumner Rand
It's all wildly wacky, and Brickman's screenplay takes aim at and neatly punctures many over-blown aspects of modem-day American life.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
The result, alas, is neither a funny nor insightful film. In fact, "Simon" is a scattershot mess.
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
"Simon" is probably one of those unfortunate movies that seems hilarious on paper, but doesn't begin to work on the screen. It just isn't funny.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeanne Miller
Though his film is seriously flawed, Briekman shows a gift for perceptive social comment, lively urban humor and a sardonic sense of the idiocies of the modern world.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...smug and mostly intolerable...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Perry Stewart
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.
Detroit Free Press
Jack Mathews
Despite its weaknesses in pacing and its evolution from sly intellectual humor to pretty standard slapstick, Brickman's coming out party hits a lot of nice notes...
Los Angeles Times
Charles Champlin
While "Simon" is much better in parts than as a whole, it is nevertheless a debut at a very high level, sleek, zany and assured.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Littered with a kind of cheap shot humor that inflicts only flesh wounds on the sitting ducks of mass culture.
Fresno Bee
Michael McKeever
"Simon" is not a very good film. As a matter of fact, it's a rather bad film.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
There are enough ingenious gags and plot twists in "Simon" to keep you laughing for more than 90 minutes, and that's more than most movies can offer.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Simon is propelled by a witty screenplay and the energetic brio of Alan Arkin in the lead role.
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Shane Burridge
The direction of the story is anyone's guess
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