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A Few Good Men (1992)

Director: Rob Reiner

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From Time Out Film Guide

Scripted by Aaron Sorkin from his own play, considerably less interesting than A Soldier's Story, this centres on a fatal case of bullying in the US Marines and the ensuing trial. The intellectual cut-and-thrust of the courtroom is largely absent here, and the denouement seems slick, arbitrary, and derived from the Captain Queeg catalogue. Even worse, Cruise is cast as the dilettante Navy lawyer with a brilliant legal brain, and jives about in much the same manner as he did in Top Gun. Lieutenant Commander Demi Moore wants him to get serious, praises his brain repeatedly in case we missed it, and finally gets him shouting idealistically in court. The pair of them are useless in uniform, and shown up by the highly professional Bacon, who gives a layered performance as the opposing counsel. Unfortunately, the most interesting character is little more than a cameo for Nicholson, but he does give an alarming sketch of the élitist military mind.

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Time Out Film Guide

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  • Giuseppe Paolo Mazzarello said...
    Posted on Nov 14 2009 10:55 EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN L'AYUDA
    JoAnne inspires Daniel to try the Oedipical crime. A naval officer guy is the nanny of his son. A doctor does not realize the marine Santiago is cardiopatic. Two charged marines give true testimony about their crime and, unbelievable, their commander Jessep as well. The marine prosecutor lets the colonel get arrested, goes for a basket match and nobody gives him a 'red code'. In Guantanamo, at officers mess, a lunch does not make one want to get on military carreer.
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  • dhruv said...
    Posted on Nov 11 2008 11:13 I totally disagree with the review posted by time out film guide. The centrifugal point of the film is to see through our minds about the case of a person who can't cope up with the training in US Marine and dies just so because of breaking the honour, pride, and respect everyone in US Marine shows and believes in. Jack Nicholson gave one of the ruddy best performances. I do agree that Jack Nicholson almost had a cameo role, and the weightage of charachters was a bit uneven and slick. But, as a courtroom movie, the performances, i believe, were excellent. Not a bad movie at all.
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Cast & crew

Director: Rob Reiner

Producer: Andrew Scheinman, David Brown, Rob Reiner

Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, JT Walsh, Wolfgang Bodison full cast

Duration: 138 mins


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