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Biloxi Blues (1988)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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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

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Drama, Comedy

Jan 27, 2004

MCA Universal Home Video

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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.

October 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
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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.

October 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Playing a character perched precisely on the point between adolescence and manhood, Broderick is enjoyable all the way.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety
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Suffice it to say it is suicidally against the grain.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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With 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

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Overall Nichols, Simon and especially Broderick find fresh threads in the old fatigues.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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The combination of Neil Simon and Mike Nichols has the pair of them back to somewhere near their best.

October 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

An intelligent, tightly constructed film which manages to satirize both the military and the process of growing up.

October 26, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The acting honors are stolen by Christopher Walken.

November 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Odd blend of comedy and terrorizing between Broderick and Walken.

June 25, 2005
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Great performances elevate Simon's amusing and nostalgic tale.

August 8, 2003
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Charts a Jewish boy's rite of passage into adulthood during 1943 as an Army Recruit.

July 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Spirituality and Practice

A predictably charming and well-observed character study from Simon.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

Excellent Performances, but not a shade on 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'

September 17, 2002
Moviehole

Audience Reviews for Biloxi Blues

"Biloxi Blues is about Eugene Morris Jerome who is drafted and shipped off to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi near the end of World War II. Right off the train Jerome immediately falls under Sgt. Toomey's shit list. Jerome is sarcastic and Toomey is a little off in the head, so they really don't mesh well together. Toomey targets Jerome for most of the film making him the outcast along with his fellow soldier Epstein, who is constantly put on latrine duty. Jerome learns a lot about himself during his time in Biloxi and has a lot of firsts. I must admit that losing his virginity has to be one of the funnier moments in the film. The way he's climbing all over her like a monkey was pretty funny.
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."
September 24, 2009
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A warm and fuzzy version of the classic boot camp drama. Not to bad, but not that great either.
April 27, 2007
kenstachnik

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    1. 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."
    – Submitted by Alannah D (16 months ago)
    1. 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.
    – Submitted by Alannah D (16 months ago)
    1. 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.
    – Submitted by Alannah D (16 months ago)

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