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Movie Overview
Cast
Matthew Modine
Adam Baldwin
R. Lee Ermey
Director
Stanley Kubrick
MPAA Rating
R - Violence
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4.5/5
"The best movie ever made about the American experience in Vietnam happens to have been filmed by an American expatriate living in Britain."
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
"The best American cinematic critique of the Vietnam war"
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
4/4
"The movie warrants a response that is perhaps the closest thing possible on film to witnessing the mayhem firsthand."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
"Kubrick seems to be directing his vision beyond the reality of the Vietnam War to issues far more universal and timeless."
DVD Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
"Albert Camus once urged that men be neither victims nor executioners. This film shows how in Vietnam, American soldiers were both."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
4.5/5
"An examination of humans at their worst that's grounded in very specific circumstances but has universal resonance."
Netflix
James Rocchi
7/10
"...Kubrick's notion of how the military changes ordinary people into killing machines."
DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio
3/4
"Many call this the best war film ever, and they're not totally wrong."
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
6/8
"[Kubrick's] third best."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Mark R. Leeper
5/5
"It is humanity as flawed system -- the faulty meat run through the grinder of war."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
3.5/4
"Incredibly realistic and immensely enjoyable."
Oscar Guy
Wesley Lovell
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