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Movie critics combined give MASH (1970) a score of 3.2030 out of 4
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MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for BBC (Neil Smith)BBC (Neil Smith)
Altman's black comedy perfectly expressed the anarchic, rebellious spirit of the 1970s with its blistering anti-war message and contempt for authority. ...read the complete MASH movie review at BBC (Neil Smith)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
While the setting for MASH was the Korean war, it took little effort for contemporary observers to see the parallels with the interminable conflict in Vietnam. Most Americans were definitely sick of Vietnam by 1970, and embraced a film that ridiculed ...read the complete MASH movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Normal Guy Movie Reviews (Jon Trainer)Normal Guy Movie Reviews (Jon Trainer)
...read the complete MASH movie review at Normal Guy Movie Reviews (Jon Trainer)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio ...read the complete MASH movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
One of the reasons M*A*S*H is so funny is that it's so desperate. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)
Many of you folks out there don't know this, but before the smash hit series came out, there was a movie made a few years before it. The movie was so different, and showed an excellent contrast between first rate drama and hilarious comedy, that great ...read the complete MASH movie review at In Film Australia (Luke Buckmaster)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
M*A*S*H is arguably the first modern black comedy, and small wonder it made such a splash, spawning one of the most popular television series of all time and launching the career of the brilliant director Robert Altman. This episodic film is one of a ...read the complete MASH movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.68 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Remains as sharp and fresh and relevant as it was on the day of its initial release. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Movie-Vault.com (Vadim Rizov)Movie-Vault.com (Vadim Rizov)
After the screening was over, I wasn't inclined to think of MASH kindly. After all, it was pretty funny but it seemed awfully...vacant. Let's face it: this isn't scathing satire, this is the adventures of a couple of nihilistic partying bad-ass rebel ...read the complete MASH movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Vadim Rizov)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDJournal.com (Mark Bourne)DVDJournal.com (Mark Bourne)
Brilliantly if eccentrically directed, written, and acted, it still hits all the right notes as a smart-ass, irreverent, anti-authoritarian comedy. ...read the complete MASH movie review at DVDJournal.com (Mark Bourne)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Set during the Korean War but made at the height of the war in Vietnam, Robert Altman's exceptional antiwar comedy-drama follows the fortunes of a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit. ...read the complete MASH movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Robert Altman's Korea-as-Vietnam "comedy" demonstrates the best -- and worst -- of '70s cinema. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
If you’re among the TV show’s multitude of fans but don’t know much about its progenitor, you may be surprised at how much edgier and daring the dark movie comedy is. ...read the complete MASH movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Oz)eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
Weird feelings watching this flick. It's like funny, but after ten years of watching Alan Alda's TV series... it's kind of negated the impact. ...read the complete MASH movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)
Before ... the next war, both sides need to hire Altman as the director. He knows the territory, works with ensemble casts better than anyone, and provides plenty of laughs. ...read the complete MASH movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
a battle against the idea that "a war movie" had to be a serious affair. ...read the complete MASH movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVDwolf.com (Rob Paul)DVDwolf.com (Rob Paul)
Made back in 1970 (thirty years ago and the film still is remarkable fresh compared to some of the fodder of today) M*A*S*H was a ground-breaking comedy. ...read the complete MASH movie review at DVDwolf.com (Rob Paul)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
...read the complete MASH movie review at Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Robert Altman's biggest success to date is also one of his least interesting films. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
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. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Altman's irreverent portrait of a Korean War medical unit. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out (--)Time Out (--)
Altman's idiosyncratic career received a dramatic boost when he took Ring Lardner Jr's script (already turned down by a dozen directors) and turned it into a box-office smash. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Time Out (--)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Edinburgh U Film Society (Malcolm Maclaren)Edinburgh U Film Society (Malcolm Maclaren)
"Suicide is painless. It brings on so many changes". So run the lyrics to the title tune, written by director Robert Altman's fourteen year-old son. Altman produced a box-office smash in 1970 with this anti-Vietnam ... er ... Korean war comedy. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Malcolm Maclaren)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
MASH is an asinine but rather amusing film. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
It was juvenile and mean-spirited, which I'm generally not always against, but in this case I was rooting for the bad guys. ...read the complete MASH movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
MASH (1970) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Roger Greenspun)New York Times (Roger Greenspun)
Although it is impudent, bold, and often very funny, it lacks the sense of order (even in the midst of disorder) that seems the special province of successful comedy. ...read the complete MASH movie review at New York Times (Roger Greenspun)
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MASH (1970) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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3.2030
MASH (1970) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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