The Dirty Dozen
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 15, 1967 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Aldrich was a master at presenting his distinctly cynical outlook in the context of crowd-pleasing entertainment, and The Dirty Dozen is one of his most effective and lasting efforts. Read full review
80
EmpireClark Collis
Unarguably one of the great war movies of all time. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Aldrich appears to be against everything: anti-military, anti-Establishment, anti-women, anti-religion, anti-culture, anti-life. Overriding such nihilism is the super-crudity of Aldrich's energy and his humour, sufficiently cynical to suggest that the whole thing is a game anyway, a spectacle that demands an audience. Read full review
80
IGNMelvin Wilkes
Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson in the same picture. How much more bad-assedness do you need? Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Lee Marvin heads a very strong, nearly all-male cast in an excellent performance. Read full review
80
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
Director Robert Aldrich gets convincingly raw, tough performances in even the smallest roles. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There are some nice, amusing scenes, especially when one of the dozen (Donald Sutherland) pretends to be a general and inspects some troops. In fact, right up to the last scene the movie is amusing, well paced, intelligent. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The Dirty Dozen flows nicely, keeping things moving and drawing the audience along in its rapid current Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Robert Aldrich dissects the underlying ideas with just enough craft and thoughtfulness to make the implications of this gritty 1966 war drama unsettling in not entirely constructive ways. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn Mahoney
It is overlong, uneven and frequently obscure, but will succeed by virtue of its sustained action, even though what it attempts to say, if anything, remains elusive. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Sadistic, anti-Nazi slaughter mission. Entertaining as a blowtorch. Read full review
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