Good Morning, Vietnam Good Morning, Vietnam

Time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ!

An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.

Robin Williams Forest Whitaker Tung Thanh Tran Chintara Sukapatana Bruno Kirby Robert Wuhl J.T. Walsh Noble Willingham Richard Edson Juney Smith Richard Portnow Floyd Vivino Cu Ba Nguyen Dan Stanton Don Stanton

Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III

comedy drama

121 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • jonedney1992

    Review by jonedney1992 ★★★★

    Before even watching this film, I thought it would be reminiscent of my favourite TV programme M*A*S*H and I wasn't wrong. Robin Williams's character could easily have been Hawkeye Pierce, a funny man quietly raging against the tragedy of war and Williams again shows that he is more than just the 'funny man' in films, blending the outrageousness of his radio broadcasts with the sadness of his surroundings. This was pretty much shown in one scene where he entertained trucks of soldiers before they were transported into the war zone and after being the funny man, waves sadly at them, aware that many of them may not return. The 'What a Wonderful World' scene was also a belter, probably more…

  • Jerry Downing

    Review by Jerry Downing ★★★★

    This is actually my first time seeing this movie. Robin Williams brand of comedy is hit and miss for me but I thought it worked here.

  • Joe

    Review by Joe ★★★½

    A great vehicle for Robin Williams to show off his unjustifiably hated upon talents.

  • Imdabess

    Review by Imdabess ★★★★

    After the first 10 minutes got not a single laugh out of me, I was prepared that I was going to be spending the next 110 listening to some terrible comedy.

    Nope! The over-the-radio comedy routines, which take up a very large portion of the movie, are hilarious (with the exception of the first one). Robin Williams feels real in both the comic and the serious scenes, and surprisingly for a comedy movie the plot is played completely straight. I didn't feel that any of it (except, again, the first 10 minutes) was overly drawn out. Pretty good performance from Forest Whitaker as well.

  • King Kongo

    Review by King Kongo ★★½

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  • Ruth

    Review by Ruth ★★★½

    Immensely entertaining, impeccably intuitive casting (Kirby & Walsh especially were born for their respective roles), and a really decent soundtrack. Ultimately, this is the Robin Williams show, a defining and breakthrough film for the actor/comedian.

  • RedheadRoad

    Review by RedheadRoad ★★★½

    I did enjoy it, especially Williams' sketches and Forest Whitaker's character, who was the buffoon to Williams' cool, but some of the material was a bit before my time and I found it quite dated. On post-watch research, I was sorry to discover that Bruno Kirby and J T Walsh have since passed on; I think that their characters were a lot more complex and more interesting.

  • Joe Spiers

    Review by Joe Spiers ★★★★½

    A likeable radio personality tries to raise spirits in Vietnam as conditions of the war worsen. The light hearted ad-libbed scenes by Robin Williams are very fun and his comedic talent shines but this is balanced by dramatic scenes of terror and war making for an overall emotional film.

  • Phil Doyle

    Review by Phil Doyle ★★★

    Probably better to watch Full Metal Jacket then watch Robin Williams Live at The Met. Both at the same time like in this film? Bit ropey.