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A Few Good Men – 1992 Reiner
- The film’s strengths reside in Sorkin’s scorching screenplay (it’s based on his play) and the actors who are more than up for the challenge
- The depth isn’t there on a grander more ambitious scale but there’s an intelligent battle of two versions of masculinity put on here by cruise and Nicholson
- The film is impossible to imagine without the 4 scenes with Oscar nominee for supporting actor Jack Nicholson—he’s more than scene stealing here- he’s movie-stealing and gets the best lines and knocks them out of part. It’s also extremely satisfying to see jack, always anti-establishment, play THE establishment here.
- Cruise is superb as well (there’s a very broad edges in the screenplay that let him down like the “galactically stupid” line/rant)- cocky and intelligent—the supporting cast beyond the two leads is superb—its an achievement for moore, bacon, kiefer Sutherland, and JT Walsh amongst others
- Sorkin wasn’t nominated for this somehow
- Shot by Robert Richardson— wonderful opening with the routine of the marines title sequences
- Predictable but entertaining and well executed
- Reiner’s achievement is minor which is what keeps it out of the top 10 but the performances and writing make it more than a simple recommend
- Recommend/ Highly Recommend border
Drake2021-08-25T18:26:39+00:00
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