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Summary: An excellent addition to your movie collection
Review: Robin Williams is always a good laugh and this film is no exception
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Summary: Hilarious, poignant, thought provoking, moving
Review: Robin Williams is exceptional (as usual) as the controversial radio disc-jockey Adrian Cronauer who is sent to Vietnam during the war to lift the military morale with his special brand of on-air banter. Cronauer's improvised, lightning-speed monologues keep getting him into strife with his superiors, yet are adored by the soldiers who avidly listen to him. While stationed in the war-torn country, Cronauer meets and gets to know some of the locals intimately, and learns about the catastrophes and disasters that lie beneath the airwaves through which his flippantly humourous broadcasts are transmitted.Cronauer's radio persona is an accurate mirror of Williams himself, yet he also portrays well the man who becomes more human and vulnerable as a result of his exposure to the situation in his new environment. GMV is both side-splittingly hilarious, touching and at times devastating, as we witness the horrors of war contrasted against the light-hearted satirical entertainment of Cronauer's on-air speeches. There has also never been a more ironic use of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" than here, played as a background to a heartbreaking montage of tragic images. The soundtrack is also excellent, blending some appropriately upbeat period tunes with snippets of Williams funniest monologues.
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Summary: Hilarious! Tremendous!
Review: Robin Williams turns in a hilariously wonderful performance in a part he was born to play. Adrian Cronauer (Willliams), a disc jockey in Vietnam, is a great and hilarious jockey but runs into trouble with his two uptight bosses, who hate him and want to kick him off the air. However, the general loves him, and even goes to bat for him a couple times. But the general has to suspend him for reading "unofficial news", and one of his bosses replaces him and is so bad at comedy it is actually uproarious. Meanwhile, he falls hopelessly in love with a Vietnamese girl, and even teaches a class she is taking just to be near her. Some very funny sequences, including the reading of the hate mail sent to his boss that replaced him. A must see for anybody, especially Williams fans. Some great sixties hits on the soundtrack, especially a great number by Louis Armstrong. A heartwarming movie which simply does no less than delight!
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Summary: Gooooood Moooooorning Amazonnnn!!!!
Review: Robin Williams, one of my favorite actors, is great as the crazy DJ who shakes things up for the soldiers of Vietnam. With his ability to do so many voices, love the Cronkite, and also his talent to convey some of the most diverse emotions, Robin Williams leads the movie. William's character is a radio dj, as I mentioned, who seems in his own world, and happy with it. Yet, with the violence of vietnam but also it's appeal, which to him is the Vietnamese people themselves, he is torn. One of the more uplifting stories about Vietnam this movie is very good and very funny, as only William's, even early in his career, can be.
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Summary: Gooooood Moooooorning Amazonnnn!!!!
Review: Robin Williams, one of my favorite actors, is great as the crazy DJ who shakes things up for the soldiers of Vietnam. With his ability to do so many voices, love the Cronkite, and also his talent to convey some of the most diverse emotions, Robin Williams leads the movie. William's character is a radio dj, as I mentioned, who seems in his own world, and happy with it. Yet, with the violence of vietnam but also it's appeal, which to him is the Vietnamese people themselves, he is torn. One of the more uplifting stories about Vietnam this movie is very good and very funny, as only William's, even early in his career, can be.
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Summary: He bucked authority and won the hearts of the soldiers
Review: Starring Robin Williams as Airman 1st Class Adrian Cronauer, this 1987 film is loosely based on a real radio DJ whose outrageous sense of comedy bucked authority and won the hearts of the American soldiers in 1965 Vietnam. The audience never learns much about Cronauer's character as there is virtually no back story. He is just set down in Vietnam at a time in history when the American police action is about to escalate. When he gets to know the Vietnamese villagers, however, his character slowly changes. Of course there is conflict with his very uptight superiors which adds to the comedy. Eventually though, the story becomes more complex than the comedy and, at film's end, Cronauer has become more mature and wiser. I found myself giggling at the jokes, but eventually the comedy all had a certain sameness. However, I did get into the story. There wasn't much military action, only some strong hints of what was to come. Wisely, the film focused on the characters and portrays the Vietnamese villagers as real people who Cronauer teaches to curse in American slang and with whom he plays baseball, using mangos as the ball. This is a good video, lighthearted and yet with a message. Robin Williams' performance is excellent. And, although some of the action was a little too slow for my taste and the comedy ran thin early, I still do give it a good recommendation.
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Summary: Not your normal war movie.
Review: Thank goodness the directors and producers let Robin Williams do a little improvising in this film. When Williams gets behind that microphone it is pure gold. Some of his crazy ramblings have become part of my vocabulary...much of this movie is highly quotable. The setting is the Viet Nam War, but the movie is not about the war itself. There are moments of culture clashes, government censorship, and pure hilarity. Although there are some tender and sad scenes in this film, the comic relief takes the sting out of the meloncholy moments. I gave this item a 3-star review, not for its content, but because I think this would be better rented than purchased.
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Summary: One of his Greats!
Review: The best part about Robin Williams is the fact that he can portray every aspect of life. His companion, PFC Garlik, is also funny with his upbeat bumbling. This is a mist see for anyone who has liked Robin Williams or hated his guts! It also does a good portrayal of how stuck-up the Army can be to change! If you liked Patch Adams, Youll like this movie!
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Summary: Give that man a microphone!
Review: The real strength of this movie is that it lets Robin Williams be Robin Williams in a way that few of his other films do. Fans of the stand-up comedian will find him in top form, as he adlibs his way through his numerous bits as a manic DJ on US Services radio. (OK, so in this movie, he's more of a sit-down comedian.) He does the black voice, the gay voice, the cracker voice...you know the routine. And it's as rapid-fire as his own performances, so even if one gag's a dud, you're laughing hysterically 15 seconds later. The plot itself is creaky, and as sentimental,in it's wiseacre way, as some of his more recent schlocky efforts. Beneath the mania of a Robin Williams (or a Jim Carrey, as we've seen of late) beats a heart of pure mush. Luckily, in this film, the mania predominates.
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Summary: GOOD MOVIE
Review: THIS FILM DOES MAKE ME LAUGH I RECMMEND IT TO A WAR VET OR A MOVIE BUF
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