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  Review by Luca ★★★½ 2

  Literally just Robin Williams... but in Vietnam

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  Review by Will ★★★★

  My god I miss him

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  Review by Will Sloan ★½ 1

  Unsure which parts are supposed to be funny? Keep an eye out for the helpful moments when Barry Levinson cuts to the supporting characters laughing.

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  Review by Tim Portis ★★★★★ 1

  ' Big dogs landing on my face!'

  One year ago today. RIP Robin Williams.

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  Review by Evan T ★★★★½

  When comedy is at its best, it transcends language. Keaton and Chaplin are the first great examples of this, their precise movements and animated faces alone being enough to carry the majority of the laughs. The same can be said for Robin Williams, even with his mastered forte in speed-dialogue and uncanny impersonations, a simple look into his eyes and you just can’t help but smile. Although at times Good Morning, Vietnam feels too much like a stand-up routine and less so like a movie, Levinson’s on-location Thailand shoot employs a documentary-style approach which grounds Williams’ free reign, putting images to the screen that I genuinely wasn’t expecting. During a scene in which Williams entertains the local Vietnamese, Levinson captures the…

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  Review by Andrew ★ 4

  I pretty much despise this film from a variety of perspectives.

  The movie seems to have no real position on the Vietnam War, or the occupation of Vietnam by American troops. In the last 10 minutes there is a little bit of lip service paid to this issues, but it plays like an afterthought. It could have been a theme running through the film.

  Of the roughly 40 music montages in the film, a couple of them show images of native poverty and pain. These are usually ironicly used, set against "What a Wonderful World" or some other film school 101 bull shit "technique".

  Instead of making a movie that deals with the hardships, in doing so in a humorous…

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  Review by 𝙿𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚌𝙶𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 | 🇮🇹 ★★★★ 3

  Good Morning Vietnam tells the story of disc jockey Adrian Cronauer, assigned to Saigon during the Vietnam War to present a radio broadcast for American troops. His irreverent and nonconformist style immediately appeals to the soldiers, but at the same time causes him serious problems with his superiors, who do not appreciate his fierce satire of the U.S. military and government. Robin Williams gives an outstanding performance that earns him a Golden Globe thanks to his great talent in improvisation and his ability to portray in a vibrant way an explosive character full of irony. Although the challenge of combining Williams' comedy with the tragedy of the Vietnam conflict is extremely demanding, Barry Levinson manages to achieve a brilliant result,…

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  Review by Jack Moulton ★★★

  Occasionally funny but overall didn't age well.

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  Review by Tarryn-tino ★★★★½

  "You are in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history."

  I hadn't watched this since I was a kid, so it was very patchy in my memory. I don't think I would have understood the hilarity of it as a child either, I had been meaning to watch it for such a long time and then it came on TV this weekend, so I had to do it. They started with a RIP tribute message to him, which made me cry before the film had even started.

  Robin Williams' wit, charm and ridiculously amazing humour make Good Morning, Vietnam the amazing film that it is. He was perfect as Adrian Cronauer, I wonder if the…

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  Review by Marco Risch ★★★★

  Gestern einen Robin-Williams-Sonntag hingelegt und versehentlich 2 strukturell sehr ähnliche Filme hintereinander wiedergesehen: Der Club der toten Dichter und eben Good Morning, Vietnam.

  Robin Williams taucht als verkappte Mary Poppins auf, unterrichtet etwas Englisch, rebelliert gegen starre Machtstrukturen und blinden Gehorsam, macht die Jungs um sich herum zu besseren Menschen und scheitert trotzdem an der eigenen Menschlichkeit. Aber nicht ohne viel bewegt zu haben.

  Doch Der Club der toten Dichter baut ein klares und simples Feindbild auf und bewegt sich strikt zwischen Gut und Böse - oder zwischen Freidenker und Unterdrücker. Keine Nuancen.

  Good Morning, Vietnam steht vor der Mammutaufgabe, diese Seiten komplett aufzudröseln. Uns zu zeigen, dass es in einem Krieg nie nur Gut und ausschließlich Böse geben kann, solange Menschen ihn kämpfen und aushalten müssen.

  Good Morning, Vietnam bleibt ein Paradebeispiel für einen Antikriegsfilm, der ohne den Krieg auskommt. Und erschreckender noch: der nie an Aktualität verlieren wird.

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  Review by jodie ★★★½ 3

  john mulaney would be proud of the mick jagger impression

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  Review by Paul Elliott ★★★½ 2

  Robin Williams leaning into a microphone and declaring his opening announcement which commences his programming slot on the Armed Forces radio station in Vietnam, where the film originates its title, has become a somewhat iconic moment in cinema and his performance as motormouth disc jockey Adrian Cronauer, along with his classic monologues, are undoubtedly the highlight of this Barry Levinson film. 

  Regrettably, the remaining cast members, which include Forest Whitaker, get lumbered with some truly uninspired dialogue from the screenplay written by Mitch Markowitz which seems to get more laboured as Cronauer’s insubordinate and eccentric addresses to the stationed troops proceed to agitate his superiors, particularly Sergeant Major Phillip Dickerson, depicted by J. T. Walsh. 

  Cronauer’s declamations inevitably create some…