Classic Robin Williams example

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2020)

In a year that saw a glut of Vietnam War films Good Morning, Vietnam provided some light relief.
Light relief in the form of the performance of the central character. Radio disc-jockey Adrian Cronauer (played by the late Robin Williams). Cronauer arrives in the war torn region to provide some comic relief to war weary soldiers on U.S. forces radio in 1965. He instantly becomes a cult figure with his early morning broadcasts and the trademark call sign "Good Morning, Vietnam!"
It is funny seeing the zany Williams in action irritating the U.S. army top brass as well as entertaining the troops. Director Barry Levinson let Williams ad-lib some of his performance. To be fair how could you script half of it! At first I found the motormouth performance slightly irritating but it grew on me during the film.
Williams was such a talented individual and his performance here is a template for some of his other work such as Mrs. Doubtfire.