Greetings (1968)
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92% of critics liked it
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42% of users liked it
(1,454 ratings)
If for nothing else, Greetings would be memorable as the second feature-length directorial effort of Brian DePalma (his first, 1966's The Wedding Party, was released shortly afterward). A satire of late-1960s manners and mores, the film aims its barbs at Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam, the draft,… More If for nothing else, Greetings would be memorable as the second feature-length directorial effort of Brian DePalma (his first, 1966's The Wedding Party, was released shortly afterward). A satire of late-1960s manners and mores, the film aims its barbs at Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam, the draft, the counterculture, Greenwich Village and the John F. Kennedy assassination. Billed first, Robert DeNiro actually has a supporting role as a young longhair who tries to help his best pal (Jonathan Warden) flunk his Army physical. Gerrit Graham is a JFK conspiracy theorist who may well have good reason to be paranoid. Though largely ignored by the mainstream press in America, Greetings was effusively honored at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival. The film was originally rated X due to its considerable sexual content. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brian DePalma
- Written By
- Charles Hirsch, Brian DePalma
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1968 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Derek Adams, Time Out
Silly and substantial.
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Howard Thompson, New York Times
Most of it is strained and unfunny, with some generous nudity for nudity's sake and a hip sprinkling of four-letter words.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What holds the film together is not its plot (there isn't one) but its attitude, its general instinct for what is funny in our society.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
It's all served up with good humor, self-indulgence, a touch of wit, and once in a while a fine satirical relish.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This modest film by the young Brian De Palma, starring the young Robert De Niro, is one of the first features that dealt with Vietnam.
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Cast
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Jonathan Warden
as Paul Shaw
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Robert De Niro
as Jon Rubin
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Gerrit Graham
as Lloyd Clay
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Richard Hamilton
as Pop Artist
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Megan McCormick
as Marina
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Bettina Kugel
as Tina
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Jack Cowley
as Photographer
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Jane Lee Salmons
as Model
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Ashley Oliver
as Bronx Secretary
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Peter Maloney
as Earl Roberts
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Allen Garfield
as Smut Peddler
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Roz Kelly
as Photographer
- Richard McCormick
- Tina Hirsch