Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Seems to take its name not so much from the Arlington Memorial Cemetery, where much of the action takes place, but from the stiffness of the characters it portrays.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
The most important missing ingredient is Mr. Coppola.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
A handsome but fragmentary film that can't decide which story to tell.
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Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Francis Coppola's 1987 Vietnam meditation was his best film in a while, though it's still something less than satisfying.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
There's a curious ambiguity in Coppola's feelings about the soldiers and their life.
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James Caanas Sgt. Clell Hazard -
Anjelica Hustonas Samantha Davis -
James Earl Jonesas Sgt. Maj. "Goody" Nelson
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Mary Stuart Mastersonas Rachel Feld
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