Biloxi Blues (1988)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 5
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Biloxi Blues was the second of playwright Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (number one was Brighton Beach Memoirs; number three, Broadway Bound). Matthew Broderick stars as Simon's alter ego Eugene Morris Jerome, who is drafted and shipped off to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in the waning days of World War II. Eugene is at the mercy of near-psychotic drill sergeant Toomey (Christopher Walken), who seems to have a personal vendetta against the poor schlemiel (Toomey also has all the
Mar 25, 1988 Wide
Jan 27, 2004
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Matthew Broderick
Eugene Morris Jerome -
Christopher Walken
Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey -
Matt Mulhern
Joseph Wykowski -
Corey Parker
Arnold Epstein -
Michael Dolan
James J. Hennessey -
Penelope Ann Miller
Daisy Hannigan -
Markus Flanagan
Roy Selridge -
Casey Siemaszko
Donald Carney -
Park Overall
Rowena -
Natalie Canerday
Girl at Dance -
Christopher Ginnaven
Corporal Ginnaven -
Mark Jacobs
Pinelli -
Kirby Mitchell
1st Digger -
Alan Pottinger
Peek -
Norman Rose
Newsreel Announcer -
David Whitman
Tower Officer -
Jeff Bailey
Mess-hall Corporal -
Michael Haley
Corporal Haley -
Ben Hynum
Private Lindstrom -
Tom Kagy
3rd Digger -
Dave Kienzle
Coporal -
Matthew Kimbrough
Spitting Cook -
Morris Mead
Corporal Mead -
Christopher Phelps
Private Phelps -
A. Collin Roddey
Private Roddey -
Bill Russell
Rifle Instructor -
Scott Sudbury
Private Sudbury -
Allen Turner
2nd Digger -
Andy Wigington
Corporal Wigington
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (5)
Broderick acts with a beautifully wary exuberance, full of a puckish vulnerability and anxious, twisted impishness.
Perhaps this movie isn't as wise or as profound as Simon wants it to be, but it is certainly a cut above sitcom complacency, and packed with wit and charm.
Playing a character perched precisely on the point between adolescence and manhood, Broderick is enjoyable all the way.
Suffice it to say it is suicidally against the grain.
Top CriticWith superb performances by Mr. Broderick and Christopher Walken, who plays Mr. Simon's nearly unhinged, very funny variation on the drill sergeant of movie myth, ''Biloxi Blues'' has a fully satisfying lif...[ END HERE ] of its own
Overall Nichols, Simon and especially Broderick find fresh threads in the old fatigues.
The combination of Neil Simon and Mike Nichols has the pair of them back to somewhere near their best.
An intelligent, tightly constructed film which manages to satirize both the military and the process of growing up.
The acting honors are stolen by Christopher Walken.
Odd blend of comedy and terrorizing between Broderick and Walken.
Great performances elevate Simon's amusing and nostalgic tale.
Charts a Jewish boy's rite of passage into adulthood during 1943 as an Army Recruit.
A predictably charming and well-observed character study from Simon.
Excellent Performances, but not a shade on 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'
Audience Reviews for Biloxi Blues
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- Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey: "The moral to this story is -- when you get real horny -- do unto yourself as you would otherwise do unto others."
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- Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey: You're taking me on, aren't you? I have a nutcracker that crunches the testicles of men that take me on.
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- Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey: In the past twenty-one days, you boys have made some fine progress. You're not fighting soldiers yet, but I'd match you up against some Nazi cocktail waitress anytime.
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Walken and Broderick have great chemistry on screen and give really good performances. But Walken steals the show. The film is enjoyable and I really liked it. I would for sure see this again."