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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 |
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| 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 »