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In the Army Now

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In the Army Now (1994)

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Reviews Counted:20

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Rotten:20

Average Rating:2.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman need cash. So what do they do? They join the army, where boys become men, and you can get to see the world, too. And when they've finished their tour of duty, they can... Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman need cash. So what do they do? They join the army, where boys become men, and you can get to see the world, too. And when they've finished their tour of duty, they can finally open that stereo store they've dreamed of owning. But meanwhile, America's security is in the hands of these laid-back dimwits -- and that's bad news for those good men in uniform with a sense of duty. (Not to mention to country!) The only question is, who's going to fall apart first: the new recruits or the military as we know it? [More]

Starring: Pauly Shore, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Andy Dick

Starring: Pauly Shore, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Andy Dick, Esai Morales

Director: Daniel Petrie

Director: Daniel Petrie

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Shore's character -- an immature, SoCal mall rat--may have been tolerable introducing videos on MTV, but 90 straight minutes of his lackadaisical schtick borders on torture.

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07/28/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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12/26/06
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

Should be discharged

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03/11/06
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

A good reason to go AWOL.

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07/30/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

No review available.

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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Putting Mr. Shore under the authority of a pretty female drill sergeant (Lynn Whitfield) is, along with that bad haircut, one of this film's only ways of getting laughs.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Not even as good as Bio-Dome, and I never thought I would ever say that in my life.

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05/02/03
Blake Davis
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

It stars Pauly Shore. 'Nuff said.

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11/25/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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09/18/02
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Matinee Magazine

No review available.

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09/05/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

It stars Pauly Shore...you do the math.

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08/05/02
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
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08/02/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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07/31/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

For the uninitiated, Shore's screen persona is somewhere between Jim Varney and Jim Carrey -- if you drained them of all their energy and personality.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Every promising situation -- Shore suffering through basic training, dealing with real battle and so on -- suffers immediate creative fatigue.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Let's put it this way: it's a 90-minute comedy, and I laughed just once (the guy in front of me spilled popcorn on his whiny date, if you must know).

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

It's a tale as old as the jokes, which were already old when the Peloponnesians went to war.

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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

The screenplay, work by five writers, based on a story by three others, seems to have been rewritten often enough that any individuality has been lost.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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