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Plot:
Two bawdy, tough looking navy lifers - "Bad-Ass" Buddusky (Jack Nicholson), and "Mule" Mulhall (Otis Young) - are commissioned to escort a young pilferer named Meadows (Randy Quaid) to the brig in Bos...( read more 
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MCT:September 21, 2008
PAN AND SCAN. Su elocuencia es admirable. Es entretenida, sobria, conmovedora, contundente y muy muy bien actuada. / Its eloquence is admirable. It's entertaining, sober, moving, forceful and very very well acted.
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MCT:September 18, 2008
A movie from the 70s golden age from director Hal Ashby. This one received a certain infamy for being the first Hollywood movie to really throw around the F-word freely. ?Fuck? had been a part of R-rated Hollywood cinema since it was introduced in Robert Altman?s M*A*S*H in 1970, but this was the first to have its characters really saying ?fuck this? and ?fuck that? all over the place. It only really had about 80 of them (which is nothing compared to the 300+ in Casino), but it was pretty shocking for the time. That?s a neat thing to be remembered for, but this deserves to be known for much more than a little cussing. The film has Jack Nicholson in his prime and a young Randy Quaid to boot. The film is rather episodic, it follows two petty Navy officers as they escort a prisoner across the country, it?s essentially a road movie. There are a lot of neat scene, not an easy film to sum up. I enjoyed it a lot.
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MCT:August 9, 2008
This movie goes along like a short story of a weekend with some navy guys. You get to know the characters, you see them grow, and you observe their journey. It's not all guns and car chases like other movies, it's a drama. This movie has good acting and a good story, I would gladly recommend it.
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MCT:July 21, 2008
this movie is pretty swell on this film.
jack nicholson is made me laugh as the "bad ass" buddusky...boy what a swearing.. -
MCT:July 15, 2008
Jack is excellent in a performance that shows early signs of the energy and madness he would give us in Cuckoos Nest. The real revelation here however is Randy Quaid who gives a sensitive portrayal of a young Navy officer still naive to much of the outside world. As much as I love his Eddie in the National Lampoon movies I have to say that his career was well and truly wasted.
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MCT:April 14, 2008
Nicholson is great in this, even though the movie itself isn't. I'd much rather watch Midnight Run.
However the "I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker! I am the motherfucking shore patrol! Give this man a beer!" scene is genius -
MCT:January 19, 2008
One of the great hidden gems of the 1970s, this is also one of Jack Nicholson's great hidden performances. There are is a ton of cussing in this movie (as the lead characters are Navy men), but there is a lot of truth in these characters and their situation that makes the ending feel even more real.
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MCT:January 10, 2008
A fresh and cool hilarious comedy with "LOOOOL" performances. And Jesus, Jack Nicholson is so fuc#!ng perfect for each role he's got so far that it is unreal! Specially as navy guy Bad-Ass Buddusky. Very recommendable and heartwarming. The tension built by the characters and each situation they go through is incredible and will make you wanna laugh along with them.
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MCT:November 21, 2007
Jack Nicholson is a magical combination of rambunctious and hilarious as Bad Ass in this riotous and sometimes touching movie wonderfully done by Hal Ashby. The drunken parking lot and hotel scenes are great, but the bar scene is one of my new favorite scenes ever. ("I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker! I am the motherfucking shore patrol! Give this man a beer!") My only gripe was that the ending was kind of anticlimactic and really fizzled out even though I knew how it was going to end. But still--I'm not so sure that Chinatown is my favorite Nicholson movie anymore. It's also great for some much-needed laughs.
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MCT:October 27, 2007
One feels sorry for Meadows, but on the whole this film is very entertaining, a good laugh - trying to get Meadows laid - hehehe.
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MCT:October 2, 2007
A fantastic performance by Nicholson is the main driving force for this under-appreciated comedy. Hal Ashby at his best.
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MCT:September 27, 2007Jack fans will like it, I guess. Not much to it. One of those slow movies, like Five Easy Pieces, that Jack is known for.
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MCT:September 19, 2007
Considered to be Ashby's best, but personaly I prefered Harold & Maude. Still a good buddy flick with good performances.
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MCT:August 26, 2007
Really great movie with the characters driving the story. Jack does a great job here as a cold as hell chaser for the Navy.
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MCT:August 8, 2007
A hilarious movie, even more so if your or someone you know are in the Navy. A very good comedy. Shame Nicholson and Quaid don't do more movies together.
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MCT:April 26, 2007
En på ytan ganska ordinär roadmovie förvandlas i senior Hal Ashbys handlag till en roande, väslpelad, samhällskritisk och rörande dramakomedi om längtan efter frihet och vänskap.
Jack Nicholson gör här en av sina tidiga roller och tillsammans med hans övriga verk från 70-talet så är det här lite av filmhistoria i periferin, speciellt för den som gillar amerikanskt 70-tal.
Många minnesvärda scener och filmen har säkert inspirerat en hel del nutida filmmakare och filmer som t.ex. "Midnight Run". -
MCT:March 11, 2007This film is indescribable. It's simply the best Nicholson film ever made. If you ever get the chance to watch it, you'll see what I mean.
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MCT:February 21, 2007
A classic from the 1970's is classic comedy of Jack Nicholson. Nicholson and Randy Quaid were both nominated for Oscars for their performances in this film. I really liked it. Something different from today's standards.
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MCT:February 6, 2007
This film has been overlooked many times. The characters are so complex and ultimately lovable. Not that we have to agree with or even like everything that they are doing. However, we their points of view and that is what makes it fascinating
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MCT:January 5, 2007
Other than some great Jack craziness (berating the bartender a classic), the real surprise is Quaid in a good turn with a plum role. A character study of contrasts that could've paced better with the key scenes (like the brothel) with a bit more zest to them. But I liked this one as much as 5 Easy Pieces, but not as much as Cuckoo's Nest and Chinatown.
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