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A Few Good Men (1992)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 7

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100

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0

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Movie Info

In this military courtroom drama based on the play by Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is assigned to defend two Marines, Pfc. Louden Downey (James Marshall) and Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison), who are accused of the murder of fellow leatherneck Pfc. William Santiago (Michael de Lorenzo) at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Kaffee generally plea bargains for his clients rather than bring them to trial, which is probably why he was assigned this

R, 2 hr. 18 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Aaron Sorkin

Oct 7, 1997

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (7) | DVD (18)

An extraordinarily well-made movie, which wastes no words or images in telling a conventional but compelling story.

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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The same histrionic fireworks that gripped theater audiences will prove even more compelling to filmgoers due to the star power and dramatic screw-tightening.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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The screenplay is a good one, directed with care and acted, for the most part, with terrific conviction.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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That the performances are uniformly outstanding is a tribute to Rob Reiner (Misery), who directs with masterly assurance, fusing suspense and character to create a movie that literally vibrates with energy.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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Men is full of loaded, manly moments, great clashes of will and excellent buzz cuts.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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The movie's setup scenes have good energy to them.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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The final scene, when Kaffee locks horns with Jessep, more than makes up for the predictability of what's come before.

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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Although Nicholson has little more than an extended cameo, he seizes the final courtroom scene and makes it a tour de force of cinema.

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

The 1080p picture makes this film look as good as it ever has.

September 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Julgando-se mais importante e inteligente do que é na verdade, o filme conta com um roteiro ingênuo em seu idealismo juvenil e traz Cruise em uma performance implausível e repleta de maneirismos de estrela.

August 16, 2006 Comments (3)
Cinema em Cena

Highly entertaining courtroom drama that's well-directed by Reiner but narratively flawed. Thematically, the story is fraudulent--much ado about nothing--but enjoybale to watch.

July 3, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

The intellectual cut-and-thrust of the courtroom is largely absent here, and the denouement seems slick, arbitrary, and derived from the Captain Queeg catalogue.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comments (4)

So well written and so well acted that you almost don't notice what a shoddy and clumsy piece of filmmaking it is.

November 20, 2005 Comment
Zap2it.com

Entertaining but contrived.

June 12, 2004 Comment
Shadows on the Wall

A blueprint for Hollywood product done right: intelligent, entertaining, and stuffed to the gills with movie star charisma.

May 2, 2004 Comment
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January 1, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for A Few Good Men

Can you handle the truth? One of the best court room dramas ever.

May 11, 2008
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

Can't believe I haven't review this film up till now. Who hasn't seen it. Watch just about any movie channel around a patriotic holiday and this will be on it. During my military career I worked for many a men who acted just like the part played by Jack Nicholson. For his part along this movie gets 5 Stars. You want

July 12, 2011
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Bruce Bruce

Super Reviewer

    1. Lieutenant J.G. Daniel Kaffe: I want the truth!
    – Submitted by Pamela B (27 days ago)
    1. Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You can't handle the truth!
    – Submitted by Neptune F (10 months ago)

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