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M*A*S*H (1970)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 32

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 8.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: With the release of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H in 1970, a new form of comedy was born, one that would help to forever change the face of cinema. Altman's audacious film reflected the American... With the release of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H in 1970, a new form of comedy was born, one that would help to forever change the face of cinema. Altman's audacious film reflected the American counterculture's growing distrust of religion and government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, resulting in one of the biggest box office smashes of its time. Introducing the techniques he would employ throughout his storied career--overlapping dialogue, a constantly moving camera with a heavy amount of zooming, and a bold combination of frank subject matter with cynical humor--Altman immediately vaulted himself to Hollywood's upper ranks. Based on the novel by Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H follows a group of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital officers as they perform surgery and pass the time just miles from the front lines of the Korean conflict. Led by sardonic captains "Hawkeye" Pierce (Donald Sutherland) and "Trapper" John McIntyre (Elliott Gould), the film has the feel of an absurd three-ring circus. Other characters include the uptight nurse "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan (Sally Kellerman), the confused Major Frank Burns (Robert Duvall), the troubled Captain "Painless" Waldowski (John Shuck), and the simpleminded Captain "Duke" Forrest (Tom Skerritt). Altman's decision to present his film as a series of loosely connected vignettes rather than a traditionally unfolding narrative perfectly captures the freewheeling spirit so unique to early-'70s cinema. [More]

Starring: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt

Starring: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Robert Duvall, Jo Ann Pflug, Rene Auberjonois, Roger Bowen

Director: Robert Altman

Director: Robert Altman
Screenwriter: Ring Lardner
Producer: Ingo Preminger
Composer: Johnny Mandel

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  • One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, MASH focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.
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    It’s the first real film of the 1970s.

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    07/31/08
    Joshua Rothkopf
    Time Out New York

    Impudent and bold, M.A.S.H., Altman's most commercial film, satirizes the glorification of war, military bureaucracy, social hypocrisy, repressed sexuality and other norms than have lost their validity.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    07/02/07
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    This is still watchable for the verve of the ensemble acting and dovetailing direction, but some of the crassness leaves a sour aftertaste.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    06/27/07
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Chicago Reader
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    In the end M.A.S.H. succeeds, in spite of its glaring faults.

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    06/27/07
    Variety Staff
    Variety
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    A black comedy that rings hollow today.

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    04/19/07
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Altman boiled away the muddled meat of literary pretension intended to smokescreen the essence of war: blood on the one side and semen on the other.

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    07/26/06
    Walter Chaw
    Film Freak Central

    It shows Altman's stylistic signature in embryonic form.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    06/24/06
    Geoff Andrew
    Time Out

    A battle against the idea that 'a war movie' had to be a serious affair.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    04/14/06
    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    If its bite and sass have diminished for today's new audiences ... consider that a testimony to the attitude, style, and technique it pioneered and infused into American popular movies.

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    04/06/06
    Mark Bourne
    DVDJournal.com

    No review available.

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    07/06/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    No review available.

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    04/28/05
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly

    One of Altman's bona-fide masterpieces. Even better than the subsequent TV show. (Easily.)

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    04/03/05
    Scott Weinberg
    eFilmCritic.com

    No review available.

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    04/02/05
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Altman's best film and most influential.

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    01/05/05
    Steve Crum
    Kansas City Kansan

    Robert Altman's biggest success to date is also one of his least interesting films.

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    11/15/04
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    One of the reasons M*A*S*H is so funny is that it's so desperate.

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    10/23/04
    Roger Ebert
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    08/04/04
    Linda Cook
    Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    No review available.

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    07/09/04
    Jon Niccum
    Lawrence Journal-World

    Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio.

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    01/21/04
    James Kendrick
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    12/12/03
    Carol Cling
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