An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 16 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Synopsis: Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) has nothing--the son of an alcoholic, indifferent military father, he's grown up in the Philippines living on top of a brothel. But after college he decides he wants more and, despite his father's mockery, enrolls in the navy's Officer Candidate School to become a jet... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett, Robert Loggia
Director: Taylor Hackford
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Its famous ending may be hokey, but in a movie this honest, it couldn't feel more right.
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03/17/07
Blue-collar fairy tale for adults: Richard Gere is the frog-prince and Debra Winger is Cinderella in this extremely old-fashioned yet utterly enjoyable movie, whose few modernist touches are a black sergeant, rougher lingo, and more vivid sexuality.
11/03/06
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08/30/04
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An Officer and A Gentleman succeeds as both a magical love story and as a convincing portrait of one individual's passage into manhood.
02/04/04
The evident, laudable earnesty of the performances can't disguise the overall thinness of the film.
08/15/03
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