Roger Da Silva João
16Aug11
may be, but not the kind of guys you would like having their hands inside your chest.
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Greg S.
7Apr12
Some consider the film's humor mean spirited (shower sequence) some call it over the top (Japan) but both are miss the point. The character's actions are not the filmmakers. The character's antics are less displays mere irresponsibility and more like the characters attempting to cling to something in midst of war surrounded by death this is reinforced by Altman's unflinching look those injured in combat. Masterpiece.
Joel
27May11
I'm sorry but there are certain films from this era that as comedies just simply fall flat on me, I laughed a few times near the end but otherwise was slightly interested but never enthralled as the characters meandered about pulling off rather trite situations. I feel like it panders to those of the same mindset as the protagonists, of which I am not. I'll keep my distance from Altman comedies for now.
Francisco R.
22Apr11
Great movie. Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould work perfectly as the carefree surgeons, they're the kind of guys you'd like to hang out with.
KaiserSennheiser
11Dec10
hmm . . . I just saw this film and was disappointed. Yep, I would have to say it's overrated. I think that people give this film too much credit and project onto it a lot that isn't there. And it's just not funny, at all. I thought it a rather pointless exercise. Really underwhelming. I think Sam Peckinpah's "Cross Of Iron" succeeds at what Altman attempts to do and fails. And Kubrick's war films of course.
Jack Hemingway
25Sep10
btw i always wondered how she got the nickname Hot Lips on the show. Now I know :)
Jack Hemingway
25Sep10
Brilliant film. I'm really starting to like this Altman character. The fact that a film can laugh in the face of death and war, and get away with it, makes this picture most endearing. P.S. Alan Alda > Donald Sutherland, BUT, I will say Ol' Don does have a certain charm that is adequate enough.
Weena Eloi
6Feb10
The only thing more annoying than watching Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers as Hawkeye and Trapper John are Elliott Gould & Donald Sutherland playing the same characters in this movie that led to the perversely annoying & maudlin TV show of the same name. And what's with the anachronistic hairstyles and speech, man? I'm talking to you, Robert Altman's ghost. It's supposed to be the early 1950's, not the 1970's.
Daniel McCarthy
12Nov09
A superbly frank look at how humour can hold back the horrors of the world, with a terrific cast working from a witty script and thinking on their feet at the same time. It could have easily sprialled out of control but Altman keeps it together a loose shooting style and overlapping dialogue. That it managed to connect with an America weary of Vietnam speaks much for it's sheer comic genius.