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McHale's Navy (1997)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:1
Rotten:29
Average Rating:2.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Ahoy! The Navy will never be the same after Captain McHale and his ragtag band of bumbling misfits are called upon to defend the base of San Ysidro Island from an evil terrorist bent on world... Ahoy! The Navy will never be the same after Captain McHale and his ragtag band of bumbling misfits are called upon to defend the base of San Ysidro Island from an evil terrorist bent on world domination. Based on the popular comic television series starring Ernest Borgnine, who appears in a cameo. [More]
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell, Tim Curry
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Debra Messing, Henry Cho, Danton Stone
Director: Bryan Spicer
Director: Bryan Spicer
Screenwriter: Peter Crabbe
Producer: Lance Hool, Perry Katz
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Reviews for McHale's Navy
The process of conceiving, producing, and distributing this comedic Superfund site required active, premeditated thought and effort that, in a just world, would be punishable by hard jail time.
All apologies to the handful of Americans who've waited decades for this big-screen update of the '60s sitcom--the result is both awful and awfully irrelevant.
All apologies to the handful of Americans who've waited decades for this big-screen update of the '60s sit-com -- the result is both awful and awfully irrelevant.
This McHale's Navy would never have floated as programming ballast on a bad night of network TV.
Yet another recycled sitcom turned feature film, and is about as appealing as a failed television pilot.
A lot like its star, Tom Arnold -- big and bombastic, with no substance.
I'm not even going to get into the dialogue, the plot, the other performances, because as the sage advice goes, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
How to turn a so-so series into a witless movie. Earns a half-star for Bruce Campbell.
The problem is that when the jokes are as flat as two-day old Coke, your mind has time to think about all the plot incongruities too.
A lot like the B movies of old. No huge stars, no Oscar-caliber anything, but diverting and entertaining.
A useless movie. Not funny, suspenseful, moving or even offensive enough to want to torpedo. Just devoid of any conceivable value.
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