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A draft dodger (Jonathan Warden), a filmmaker (Robert De Niro) and a Kennedy-assassination theorist (Gerrit Graham) do their things in New York.
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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Mar 7, 2011
3/5
Messy, but lively and surprisingly funny. Go to Full Review
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine Aug 22, 2006
3/4
Greetings, and salutations to a career destined to be pockmarked by provocation. Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Silly and substantial. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times Jul 2, 2025
3/5
Slapdash, vulgar and smug, it was a huge youth culture hit, caused an explosion in the independent underground in the US and spawned the sequel Hi, Mom!. Go to Full Review
Harvey G. Cox Tempo (National Council of Churches) Jan 6, 2021
Though it falls noticeably short of technical perfection, Greetings is fun to see. More than that. It is poignant, sad, hilarious and, at points, even moving. Go to Full Review
Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press Jan 23, 2020
The funniest and most contemporary American comedy since Dr. Strangelove... DePalma blends the comic styles of Godard and The Committee. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life 20 hrs ago Well this was a surprise for me. The three friends discussing all different types of stories including how to avoid the Vietnam war was crazy but it happened. The performances were good especially by de'niro. I loved how the ending sets up the sequel. The conversation Jon has with the smut peddler was hilarious and entertaining. Allen Garfield plays the smut peddler and is in the sequel so I'm looking forward to it. Timothy Treakle See more Mubin H @RT57217769 Jul 16, 2025 Lovely Movie, a movie like this deserves to have a literal award even so many years later, the comedy is priceless, plus there's De Niro! The sequel "Hi,Mom!" Is a must watch too! See more delysid d @RT67044741 Feb 21, 2019 a horrible, brain-ache inducing experience See more Jan 25, 2018 Silly but with reason. Very funny. See more Aug 14, 2016 Unfunny and boring. Has aged about as well as left-out milk. See more Aug 7, 2016 Took a lot of patience to sit through this. Watching all the movies in Danny Peary's book, 100 Cult Movies, in case Suspect Video closes shop when the Honest Ed's neighbourhood changes. Weird bleeps, inter titles -between vignettes, no plot -, breaking the 4th wall, cuts to LBJ speech footage. Peary: A) This was made super cheaply and De Palma's always sloppy. Likewise, he says with De Palma, the guys are obnoxious jerks and the women are dumb, and really just there to have sex with. B) They're Godardian/Brechtian "alienation" devices to remind you it's a film I'll buy that, especially in combo with his idea that the 3 characters end up on the wrong end of aggressive 'cinematic' tools (in porn, on news from Viet Nam, and -metaphorically- by being assassinated by a lone gunman). Peary really goes to town on the references in this to other filmmakers. He figures it's made for filmmakers and students, and also for disenfranchised, alienated young folks of the time, and it's amazing that it got distributed at all. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A draft dodger (Jonathan Warden), a filmmaker (Robert De Niro) and a Kennedy-assassination theorist (Gerrit Graham) do their things in New York.
Director
Brian De Palma
Producer
Charles Hirsch
Screenwriter
Charles Hirsch, Brian De Palma
Production Co
West End Films
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 24, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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