M*A*S*H (1970)
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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 31 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
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 counterculture's growing distrust of religion and government in the late 1960s and early 1970s,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Robert Duvall
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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.
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07/02/07
This is still watchable for the verve of the ensemble acting and dovetailing direction, but some of the crassness leaves a sour aftertaste.
06/27/07
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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.
07/26/06
A battle against the idea that 'a war movie' had to be a serious affair.
04/14/06
Today, it's hard for anyone too young to remember the Beatles' breakup to watch 1970's hit war comedy MASH and appreciate deep down how shocking the movie was in its time.
04/06/06
One of Altman's bona-fide masterpieces. Even better than the subsequent TV show. (Easily.)
04/03/05
Robert Altman's biggest success to date is also one of his least interesting films.
11/15/04
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Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio.
01/21/04
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