For all the purported naturalism, the film seems resolutely schematic, and the attitudes shaping the drama are far from open-ended.
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02/05/07
Platoon (1986)
88 %
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Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 36
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon foregoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe.
Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In PLATOON, Oliver Stone draws on his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the brutality of guerrilla warfare: the heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of... [More]
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Francesco Quinn
Director: Oliver Stone
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Reviews for Platoon
Top Critic
Most war films adhere to a big-picture purview, explaining which battles meant what and fulfilled which strategic objectives. Stone's effort skirts all that in favor of wrapping the viewer in visceral detail.
01/28/07
A terrific film from a filmmaker long absent from his art, Platoon is a frightening and challenging look into the battlefield operations of Vietnam.
12/27/06
Stone's eye-blistering images possess an awesome power, which sets the senses reeling and leaves the mind disturbed.
06/24/06
Mixing realistic reportage of combat with more conventional morality play (the narrative strategy of all his films), Stone employs the two sergeants (Berenger and Dafoe) as realistic soldiers as well as broader symbols of Good and Evil.
04/22/06
Stone takes us into the hell that was the Vietnam War and turns out a provocative film.
11/23/04
A tour de force with excellent ensemble performances by the full cast, Platoon succeeds in conveying the multi-dimensional reality of the Vietnam War
08/18/04
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