TERRIFIC!

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 1999)

"Stash" is tad misinformed. Not only is this NOT Spielberg's first "big" movie (the opening scene is a self-parody of Jaws), it IS very funny. Critics panned this movie in their anti-Spielberg zeal...admittedly it's a bit scattered, but the performances are great -- esp Warren Oates. And the dance contest/zoot suit fight is brilliantly staged. Interesting to note this film was a smash in Japan, where movie-goers enjoyed watching a war movie in which the AMERICANS are portrayed as buffoons.