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Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing missions, but publicity-obsessed .. Read more

Starring	Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Anthony Perkins, Jon Voight
Director	Mike Nichols
Genres	Comedy

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- Intensely black comedy, more so than M*A*S*H and less funny, effectively mordant in places but too grisly and missing several tricks.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 7
  - 1
  Unfortunately, this could never make the bar set by the book.
  
  Joseph Heller wrote the book on which this is based, but was only really after the paycheck the movie offered and did not contribute personally to the script(... read more »
  
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  - Max
  - London
  - 14 Dec 2004 at 16:35
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- - 0
  - 0
  MASH is THE movie...Catch-22 is THE book
  
  Coming out smack in the middle of an extraordinarily creative period in US cinema, the movie suffers by being deemed by many virtualy as unfilmable, compared as... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Dec 2011 at 11:05
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  A Must See!
  
  I have seen this film many times over the years and I recently saw it again: it is still brilliant. Funny, bizarre, surreal, whatever you want to say about this... read more »
  
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- 1071362
- - a customer
  - 08 Dec 2011 at 08:23
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  - 1
  Not up to expectations
  
  A disappointment. The book has a great reputation, the film failed to live up to it. It may convey the absurdity of war but is very disjointed. Not an enjoyable... read more »
  
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- 1005331
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  - 15 Jun 2011 at 20:38
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  A great help
  
  Having just read the book I really enjoyed this film. Anyone who has read the book will know what I mean by that sentence. The film helped the book make sense. ... read more »
  
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- - arwsto
  - 50 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 10 May 2011 at 12:15
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  Catch 22
  
  War is crazy and few fims or books really get that across; this does in a palatable manner. If you don't believe nme go and serve in Afghanistan at the ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Apr 2011 at 07:46
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  Seminal... and funny!
  
  A lot of reviews seem to focus on whether the book is better than the film or vice versa - all I can say is this is a great film! I can't actually think of... read more »
  
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- - peebee0
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Apr 2010 at 21:54
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  Made me want to read the book
  
  I watched this shortly after I watched Short Cuts - it left me with similar feelings. It was engaging. The fragmented plot may leave you feeling dislocated, but... read more »
  
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- - Slurs
  - Scotland
  - 28 Feb 2010 at 13:47
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  perfect, lets hope they never want to remake it
  
  You can never beat a good book, but this comes close. I feel it captures the book's narrative style really well and the casting couldn't have been ... read more »
  
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  - Bushey
  - 29 Apr 2009 at 17:48
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  - 0
  Admirable Job!
  
  I can imagine that if you're not a fan of the book then some of this film will go over your head. It has a real offbeat humour which you can certainly ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 13 Nov 2008 at 22:47
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  Customer Review
  
  This has to be one of my all time favourite films, well worth revisiting from time to time. It has everything, amazing humour (much of it black) drama, pathos, ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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- - 7
  - 1
  Unfortunately, this could never make the bar set by the book.
  
  Joseph Heller wrote the book on which this is based, but was only really after the paycheck the movie offered and did not contribute personally to the script(... read more »
  
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  - Max
  - London
  - 14 Dec 2004 at 16:35
- - 4
  - 0
  Another case of good ...
  
  Another case of good book done bad. Some nice moments, but overall only worth seeing if you haven't read the book.
  
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- - Alun#5
  - DUDLEY
  - 10 Apr 2004 at 19:11
- - 3
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  Daddy or Chips?
  
  Is the film better than the book? The Book Better then the film? Two seperate entities that cannot be compared? Two art forms equally important in their own ... read more »
  
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- - SteveBent
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  - Tring
  - 09 Apr 2007 at 16:48
- - 2
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  Underrated big-budget 70s Hollywood gem.
  
  The scene where Yossarian (a brilliant Alan Arkin) has to pretend to be dead for the dead soldier's parents is one of most amazing scenes I've ever seen... read more »
  
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- - GordonMuller
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  - ABERDEEN
  - 11 Apr 2005 at 06:54
- - 1
  - 0
  Ever seen MASH?
  
  This film pre-dates MASH but it holds a lot of things in Common, its very anti-war. Spends a lot of time showing just how much of a joke war is, but also ... read more »
  
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- - Carl Barton
  - Wigan
  - 27 Jun 2004 at 00:50
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  Never the book
  
  A classic book, although people are mixed on the film. Some of the characters don't work on the screen. Not a write off by any means - an enjoyable film, ... read more »
  
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- - jinner
  - Cheshire
  - 08 Dec 2004 at 13:13
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  Well, what can be said...
  
  Well, what can be said about this apart from fabulous. I was laughing from when it started until it finished. It shows the madness of being in the armed forces... read more »
  
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- - kris.p.i#1
  - BUXTON
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 10:43
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  Must admit fell asleep...
  
  Must admit fell asleep watching it....from having read the book this is a dire american version
  
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- 27170
- - cridgey#1
  - LONDON
  - 26 Jan 2004 at 23:42
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  A few years ago I read...
  
  A few years ago I read the book catch 22 and liked it very much, it was very funny and good to read, i read it in a few days. Beacause you're really want to... read more »
  
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- - Gunther#1
  - GLASGOW
  - 21 Apr 2004 at 12:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Read the book - it's much better
  
  I think the title says it all! The film just doesn't do the book justice and realy confuses the characters.
  
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- - a customer
  - Eastbourne, England
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 18:55

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- Catch 22
  
  Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing ...