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Stripes Reviews

1981

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John Winger is having a bad day: not only has he lost his job, his car has been repossessed, he's been evicted and his girlfriend has left him. In despair, he and his hapless best friend Russell decide to join the US Army... Read more

Starring	Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles
Director	Ivan Reitman
Genres	Comedy

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- Purposeless slob Murray loses car (repossessed), apartment and girlfriend (thrown out) all in the same day, and on a... read more on Time Out
- 48269
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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- - 34
  - 14
  Good stuff ...
  
  Bill Murray plays a downbeat guy with no ambition in life who, in a spur of the moment decision, decides to join the US army with his equally cynical and lazy ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - thelaughingcow
  - 12 reviews
  - Greenwich
  - 03 Mar 2005 at 23:41
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- - 0
  - 0
  This is comedy ?
  
  You will need more than a pair of rose tinted glasses to say this is good by any standards. The comedy (if you can call it that) is so poor you will be hard ... read more »
  
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- - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 256 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 28 May 2012 at 15:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Stripes with stars
  
  I thought this was a very hilarious and well acted film. I love the part that Bill Murray played the loser with no real ambition who drags his best buddy to ... read more »
  
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- 1014714
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Fidel0526
  - 5 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 08 Jul 2011 at 19:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Don't waste a rental...
  
  With all the 'names in the cast, this film promised so much and delivered so little. We just couldn't last beyond halfway, even after multiple '... read more »
  
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- 1013010
- - a customer
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 19:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Utter Drivel
  
  What a pile of purile rubbish!! Perhaps that's what I should've expected given the cast but as I'm a fan of Bill Murray I was hoping for better. ... read more »
  
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- - SVSL
  - 1 review
  - 28 Apr 2011 at 14:23
- - 1
  - 0
  Not as much fun as I remembered
  
  This was a huge nostalgia trip for me, and it left me disappointed. I just wanted to take to Bill Murray with a large stick. It still had its moments though, ... read more »
  
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- - Slurs
  - Scotland
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 12:12
- - 0
  - 1
  Quality Murray
  
  The first half is sublime with Murray at his best with lightning fast one-liners that leave you and the other characters speechless. 2nd half gets a tad shaky ... read more »
  
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- - Iain Dixon
  - london
  - 13 Jun 2006 at 23:04
- - 8
  - 2
  I fell asleep half way through
  
  This film is old, slow and not really that funny. It's like watching deal or no deal when Noel Edmonds is talking and you just want him to open the damn box... read more »
  
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- - Gareth Sutcliffe
  - Oldham, England
  - 06 May 2006 at 13:22
- - 1
  - 1
  Dated but intermittently hilarious film
  
  Bill Murray is excellent in this movie. If you like police Academy then A) you are a tw*t and B) this is how it should have been done. An often very funny movie... read more »
  
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- - martin morgan
  - eastwood
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 18:55
- - 0
  - 2
  Excellent - Murray at his best
  
  this was Bill Murays second major film, following on from the success of Meatballs, Murray starred in this film with his mate harrold, who as it transpires co ... read more »
  
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- 161971
- - a customer
  - Woolpit Suffolk ( Listen to Rush, they're cool)
  - 17 Oct 2005 at 01:25
- - 0
  - 2
  slap me silly
  
  pure comic genious bill murray,s finest hour
  
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- - malcolm woodrow
  - doncaster
  - 12 Sep 2005 at 11:50
View all members' reviews (11)

- - 34
  - 14
  Good stuff ...
  
  Bill Murray plays a downbeat guy with no ambition in life who, in a spur of the moment decision, decides to join the US army with his equally cynical and lazy ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 77842
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - thelaughingcow
  - 12 reviews
  - Greenwich
  - 03 Mar 2005 at 23:41
- - 8
  - 2
  I fell asleep half way through
  
  This film is old, slow and not really that funny. It's like watching deal or no deal when Noel Edmonds is talking and you just want him to open the damn box... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 241029
- - Gareth Sutcliffe
  - Oldham, England
  - 06 May 2006 at 13:22
- - 1
  - 0
  Not as much fun as I remembered
  
  This was a huge nostalgia trip for me, and it left me disappointed. I just wanted to take to Bill Murray with a large stick. It still had its moments though, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 633074
- - Slurs
  - Scotland
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 12:12
- - 1
  - 1
  Dated but intermittently hilarious film
  
  Bill Murray is excellent in this movie. If you like police Academy then A) you are a tw*t and B) this is how it should have been done. An often very funny movie... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 193236
- - martin morgan
  - eastwood
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 18:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Utter Drivel
  
  What a pile of purile rubbish!! Perhaps that's what I should've expected given the cast but as I'm a fan of Bill Murray I was hoping for better. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 987072
- - SVSL
  - 1 review
  - 28 Apr 2011 at 14:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Don't waste a rental...
  
  With all the 'names in the cast, this film promised so much and delivered so little. We just couldn't last beyond halfway, even after multiple '... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1013010
- - a customer
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 19:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Stripes with stars
  
  I thought this was a very hilarious and well acted film. I love the part that Bill Murray played the loser with no real ambition who drags his best buddy to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1014714
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Fidel0526
  - 5 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 08 Jul 2011 at 19:49
- - 0
  - 0
  This is comedy ?
  
  You will need more than a pair of rose tinted glasses to say this is good by any standards. The comedy (if you can call it that) is so poor you will be hard ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1122113
- - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 256 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 28 May 2012 at 15:57
- - 0
  - 1
  Quality Murray
  
  The first half is sublime with Murray at his best with lightning fast one-liners that leave you and the other characters speechless. 2nd half gets a tad shaky ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 254293
- - Iain Dixon
  - london
  - 13 Jun 2006 at 23:04
- - 0
  - 2
  slap me silly
  
  pure comic genious bill murray,s finest hour
  
  Report this review
- 149830
- - malcolm woodrow
  - doncaster
  - 12 Sep 2005 at 11:50

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- Purposeless slob Murray loses car (repossessed), apartment and girlfriend (thrown out) all in the same day, and on a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18

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  John Winger is having a bad day: not only has he lost his job, his car has been repossessed, he's been evicted and his girlfriend has left him. In despair, he and his hapless best friend Russell decide to join the US Army......