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A Few Good Men

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Original title

A Few Good Men

Year

1992

Running time

134 min.

Country

United States

Director

Rob Reiner

Screenwriter

Aaron Sorkin

Cast

Music

Marc Shaiman

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Producer

Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, David Brown Productions

Genre

Mystery. Drama | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. Army

Synopsis

In this military courtroom drama based on the play by Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee is assigned to defend two Marines who are accused of the murder of a fellow leatherneck at the base at Guantanamo Bay. Kaffee generally plea bargains for his clients rather than bring them to trial, but Kaffee and his assistant Lt. Commander JoAnne Galloway are convinced that there's more to the matter than they've been led to believe. The two Marines reveal that the victim died in the midst of a hazing ritual known as "Code Red" after he threatened to inform higher authorities that they opened fire on a Cuban watchtower.

Awards: 1992: 4 Nominations for Oscar, including Supp. Actor (Nicholson), Editing, Sound

1992: 5 Nominations for Golden Globe, including Director, Movie Drama, Screenplay

1992: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)

1992: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting actor (Nicholson)

1992: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)

1992: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

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Critics' reviews

"Sorkin delivers the goods in potent fashion, and manages the nifty trick of making the audience feel as though it has experienced something considerably more sobering and profound than it really is."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"The screenplay is a good one, directed with care and acted, for the most part, with terrific conviction (...) a big commercial entertainment of unusually satisfying order."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"That the performances are uniformly outstanding is a tribute to Rob Reiner, who directs with masterly assurance, fusing suspense and character to create a movie that literally vibrates with energy."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"One of those movies that tells you what it's going to do, does it, and then tells you what it did (...) That's a shame, because in many ways this is a good film (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"That rarest of things: a top-level Hollywood court-room drama with the smarts to match its slick style (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Emma Cochrane: Empire
"Essentially it is 'The Caine Mutiny' in dry dock (...) It's a grand undertaking that wrangles with the heavy questions that cropped up at Nuremberg and My Lai"

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"An irresistible throwback to the sort of sharp-edged entertainment Hollywood once provided with regularity"

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"As pleasant to watch as it is predictable, Men more than anything else is a tribute to pure star power."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times

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100 My Favorites from the 90s (83)

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