Wow... why is this supposed to stink?

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2003)

Technically brilliant, beautifully shot, amazingly cast, and really darn funny... remind me again why this is supposedly no good? Oh yeah, it's not as good as the book. Get over it. This movie is due for a bit of revisionist criticism, now that more and more folks are starting to realize how much they overreacted about the greatness of MASH... now maybe they can look this one over again and realize, hey, it's pretty good. Heck, it's even great. (The DVD transfer is beautiful and the commentary with Mike Nichols talking to Steven Soderbergh is fun, if a little too gushing. At one point, it sounds like Soderbergh has wet himself with glee.)