Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
An aimless, unfocused social comedy, The Survivors misfires on just about every level.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
It's an aimless, self-indulgent, confusing comedy that never comes to grips with its material.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
No one seems to have paid any attention to the screenplay or to have considered the awful truth that Mr. Matthau and Mr. Williams, each performers of great charm, don't play together very well.