Good Morning, Vietnam
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A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
What critics thought
Robin Williams's manic, improvisational performance as a rule-breaking Armed Forces DJ is the engine critics couldn't stop talking about, earning comparisons to the best military comedies ever made. The gap between the rapturous reception of Williams himself and the more skeptical response to the film around him is the real story: several critics felt the dramatic scaffolding existed only to give Williams room to riff, and that the Vietnam backdrop was handled superficially.
“the best military comedy since M*A*S*H”
Richard Corliss·Time
“the work of an accomplished actor”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
“a Robin Williams concert movie welded clumsily onto the plot from an old Danny Kaye picture”
Hal Hinson·The Washington Post
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Barry LevinsonDirector
Robin WilliamsAdrian Cronauer
Forest WhitakerEdward Garlick
Tom T. TranTuan
Chintara SukapatanaTrinh
Bruno KirbyLt. Steven Hauk
Robert WuhlMarty Lee Dreiwitz
J.T. WalshSgt. Major Dickerson
Noble WillinghamGen. Taylor
Richard EdsonPvt. Abersold
Juney SmithPhil McPherson
Richard PortnowDan 'The Man' Levitan
Floyd VivinoEddie Kirk
Alex NorthComposer
Peter SovaCinematographyGood Morning, Vietnam
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
What critics thought
Robin Williams's manic, improvisational performance as a rule-breaking Armed Forces DJ is the engine critics couldn't stop talking about, earning comparisons to the best military comedies ever made. The gap between the rapturous reception of Williams himself and the more skeptical response to the film around him is the real story: several critics felt the dramatic scaffolding existed only to give Williams room to riff, and that the Vietnam backdrop was handled superficially.
“the best military comedy since M*A*S*H”
Richard Corliss·Time
“the work of an accomplished actor”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
“a Robin Williams concert movie welded clumsily onto the plot from an old Danny Kaye picture”
Hal Hinson·The Washington Post
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Barry LevinsonDirectorRobin WilliamsAdrian CronauerForest WhitakerEdward GarlickTom T. TranTuanChintara SukapatanaTrinhBruno KirbyLt. Steven HaukRobert WuhlMarty Lee DreiwitzJ.T. WalshSgt. Major DickersonNoble WillinghamGen. TaylorRichard EdsonPvt. AbersoldJuney SmithPhil McPhersonRichard PortnowDan 'The Man' LevitanFloyd VivinoEddie KirkAlex NorthComposerPeter SovaCinematographyRent & Buy