It shows Altman's stylistic signature in embryonic form.
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06/24/06
M*A*S*H (1970)
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Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 32
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: With the release of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H in 1970, a new form of comedy was born, one that would help to forever change the face of cinema. Altman's audacious film reflected the American counterculture's growing distrust of religion and... [More]
Starring: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt
Director: Robert Altman
Reviews for M*A*S*H
Top Critic Altman's black comedy perfectly expressed the anarchic, rebellious spirit of the 1970s with its blistering anti-war message and contempt for authority.
04/17/01
Top Critic Impudent and bold, M.A.S.H., Altman's most commercial film, satirizes the glorification of war, military bureaucracy, social hypocrisy, repressed sexuality and other norms than have lost their validity.
07/02/07
This is still watchable for the verve of the ensemble acting and dovetailing direction, but some of the crassness leaves a sour aftertaste.
06/27/07
Top Critic
Altman boiled away the muddled meat of literary pretension intended to smokescreen the essence of war: blood on the one side and semen on the other.
07/26/06
A battle against the idea that 'a war movie' had to be a serious affair.
04/14/06
Today, it's hard for anyone too young to remember the Beatles' breakup to watch 1970's hit war comedy MASH and appreciate deep down how shocking the movie was in its time.
04/06/06
One of Altman's bona-fide masterpieces. Even better than the subsequent TV show. (Easily.)
04/03/05
Robert Altman's biggest success to date is also one of his least interesting films.
11/15/04
Top Critic
Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio.
01/21/04
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