Full Metal Jacket
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- Synopsis
- In the first half of the film, a group of recruits undergo basic training under the abusive command of Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). The second half takes on the war itself, following one of those recruits, Joker (Matthew Modine), who is covering the ......
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- Director(s)
- Stanley Kubrick
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Brothers
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 116 min.
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The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites
Kubrick's harrowing, beautiful and characteristically eccentric new film about Vietnam, is going to puzzle, anger and (I hope) fascinate audiences as much as any film he has made to date... A film of immense and very rare imagination.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
The most eloquent and exacting vision of the war to date... Inspired with technique rather than overblown with it, Kubrick, the filmmaker's filmmaker, lays one on you.Read the full review
Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites
We've seen it all before, most recently in "Gardens of Stone," most romantically in "An Officer and a Gentleman," but never more elegantly than here as Kubrick sustains the athletic ballet of obstacle courses and white-glove inspections for a breathtaking 40 minutes.Read the full review
