Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

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Steve D @RT35616104 Jul 12, 2023 Emotionally hollow and really slow See more Jun 9, 2022 By 1958 standards this might have been okay. But today it just plays as a lame, puerile film with overacted silliness and infantile sight gags. It would have been more effective — and funnier — if it had been played straight and just allowed the situations to provide the humor. The always excellent Joanne Woodward shines, despite the failure of script and direction. I read the book as a kid and enjoyed it. I'm sure it must have been better than the film. See more panayiota k @Penny672 Apr 12, 2015 The army plot was kind of weird but it was a situation comedy with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Refreshing and hilarious. See more Apr 2, 2015 gr8 cast makes this one go See more Feb 21, 2013 A Lovely Triangle by Joan Collins,Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward See more Oct 21, 2009 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) -- [5.5] -- Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward play a busy married couple whose relationship is threatened by everything from the town trollop (Joan Collins) to the US military. "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" is a comedy of errors from Leo McCarey ("The Awful Truth", "An Affair to Remember") where the parts are better than their sum. I like the early scenes between Newman and Woodward, as well as Newman's outrageous scenes with Joan Collins, but the movie tries to do too much in the last half. I didn't care about the subplots involving the military or a community pageant reenacting the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. If the film concentrated more on the three leads, it might have pulled together better. See more Read all reviews

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