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Summary: John Candy's remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"
Review: Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks) is escaping a domestic debt. In the process he takes someone else's place in the Pease Corps. Finding the people around him a little too obsessed with their mission, He attempts of add a little civilization to it.
This movie shows glimpses into the way governments are run and the people that make it happen. How the Peace Corps makes a difference in the lives of the natives and the people in the Corps. Bridging the gap among factions (why build a bridge and its eventual use). Some are manipulators and some are sincere. The best are gung-ho (John Candy). Worth seeing. It gets better with each viewing.
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Summary: Candy is very funny
Review: Like I wrote in my review of 'Splash' it is a shame that Candy and Hanks can not team up to do any more films. Hanks, even early in his career is good, but it is obvious that at this point he still can't pick up the best scripts available, Candy was funny in just about everything he did and his role in this movie is very funny.
This is one of those old movies that isn't by any means great, hardly a 5 star movie, but if you enjoy Hanks, it is worth seeing everything he did and as for Candy, his part in his movie is short, but you will laugh at what he does. A mild recommendation.
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Summary: Candy is very funny
Review: Like I wrote in my review of 'Splash' it is a shame that Candy and Hanks can not team up to do any more films. Hanks, even early in his career is good, but it is obvious that at this point he still can't pick up the best scripts available, Candy was funny in just about everything he did and his role in this movie is very funny.
This is one of those old movies that isn't by any means great, hardly a 5 star movie, but if you enjoy Hanks, it is worth seeing everything he did and as for Candy, his part in his movie is short, but you will laugh at what he does. A mild recommendation.
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Summary: Volunteers
Review: The movie is a classic with many quotable lines, Tom Hanks' portrayal of an arrogant, shameless womanizing, gambling rich kid from the Northeast makes the movie as well as John Candy's over grown Boy Scout character, Tom Tuttle from Takoma
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Summary: Great Laughs
Review: This comedy really struck me as great. Some have bashed Tom Hanks in this movie as unfunny and John Candy as the highlight, but I think Tom Hanks is just plain hilarious, but then again I've always loved deap-pan humor. Candy on the other hand is the fallguy to Hanks straightman.
The basic plot is Hanks is a rich prick in serious debt and joins the peace corps to get away from it all. While in Thailand, Tom Hanks has to learn to become a better person. Simple premise, but, like I said earlier, you'll love it.
Also, this film features and early score by James Horner, which is a nice bonus for soundtrack fans.
Truthfully the only reason this film did not get 5 stars was the lack of DVD features, but the flick itself is great. Worth your cash.
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Summary: horrible
Review: This is *the* cinematic albatross around Tom Hank's neck. One of the worst movies I've seen, we rented it when a friend was leaving for the Peace Corp and /everyone/ fell asleep. Am I making myself clear? This is a BAD movie.
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Summary: AWESOME MOVIE
Review: This movie was great. Rent it and give it a chance and I know you won't be disappointed. I've loved this film from the day it first came out. I must have seen it over 30 times and I love it more and more each time.
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Summary: Tom Hanks Funniest Movie!
Review: This offbeat comedy was simply hysterical. With John Candy, Rita Wilson (who later married Tom)the cast could not be funnier. If you thought "Splash" and "Big" were funny, you had better see this one!
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Summary: Tom Hanks Funniest Movie!
Review: This offbeat comedy was simply hysterical. With John Candy, Rita Wilson (who later married Tom)the cast could not be funnier. If you thought "Splash" and "Big" were funny, you had better see this one!
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Summary: 2 out of 10
Review: Volunteers is a film I wished that I never saw. It is so bad that I was miserable after finishing it. Was it supposed to be a comedy or an adventure? Throw in bad jokes. Add psychotic John Candy. Steal the idea of The Bridge On the River Kwai. What do you have? I don't know. The greatest disappointment in this film was John Candy. That wasn't the definitive John Candy that I know. Before viewing Volunteers, I was expecting tons of crack jokes. After viewing Volunteers, what a let down! The anticipation of boredom was the last thing on my mind. I am gravely disappointed in this film. Worst part also is the supposed romance between Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Really, what romance? I don't see the chemistry.
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