MASH
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 25, 1970 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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100
The Hollywood ReporterJohn Mahoney
It is fresh and spontaneous, plausible at its most logically improbable, thanks to Altman's superior direction, Lardner's script, the fine selection of actors and to an omnipresent camera under director of photography Harold E. Stine and operator Bill Mendenhall. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
We laugh, that we may not cry. But none of this philosophy comes close to the insane logic of "M*A*S*H," which is achieved through a peculiar marriage of cinematography, acting, directing, and writing. Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Clever camera setups, Altman's patented overlapping dialogue, wonderful sight gags and situations, and universally fine ensemble performances combine to make this one the most enjoyable war-themed films ever. Read full review
100
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
M.A.S.H., one of America's funniest bloody films, is also one of its bloodiest funny films. Read full review
80
EmpireClark Collis
Bitterly funny with perfect set-piece after perfect set-piece. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A somewhat adolescent if stylish antiauthoritarian romp about an irreverent U.S. medical unit during the Korean war Read full review
70
VarietyJustin Chang
In the end M.A.S.H. succeeds, in spite of its glaring faults, because Gould, Sutherland, Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug as the delicious Lt. Dish, and Roger Bowen, as the goof-off commanding officer who is bright enough to recognize his junior officers' medical competence and stay out of their way, are all believable and bitingly funny in their casual disdain for the Army. Read full review
60
The New York TimesRoger 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 full review
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