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The Great Santini (1979)

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Reviews Counted: 17

Fresh: 16

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Robert Duvall gives an amazing performance as a Marine fighter pilot who funnels his frustrated desire to fight into creating a tip-top battalion out of his own emotionally battered family. His... Robert Duvall gives an amazing performance as a Marine fighter pilot who funnels his frustrated desire to fight into creating a tip-top battalion out of his own emotionally battered family. His adolescent son suffers the most from the Colonel's inability to express love through anything but discipline. This critically acclaimed movie has become a touchstone for dysfunctional families and is based on the Pat Conroy novel. [More]

Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael O'Keefe, Blythe Danner, David Keith

Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael O'Keefe, Blythe Danner, David Keith, Stan Shaw, Lisa Jane Persky, Julie Anne Haddock

Director: Lewis John Carlino

Director: Lewis John Carlino
Screenwriter: Lewis John Carlino
Composer: Elmer Bernstein

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Nov 16, 1999

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Two-dimensional and minor.

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04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
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An emotionally devastating drama with a first rate performance from Robert Duvall.

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10/27/06
Cole Smithey
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Derek Adams
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01/15/05
Vincent Canby
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Brilliant.

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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Duvall as rough, tough Marine in downer story of family conflict

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10/23/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Fantastic performances by Duvall and O'Keefe highlight this father-son tug-of-war.

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10/14/04
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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07/23/04
Frank Swietek
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The Great Santini is a convincing portrait of the battles between a military man and his coming-of-age son.

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01/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Arthur Lazere
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Walter Chaw
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10/16/02
Robert Roten
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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Offers a whole lot more than just Duvall's flawless performance.

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Scott Weinberg
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