I prefer the TV series

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2003)

I hate to be a wet noodle, in contrast to most of the other comments, but I didn't see the film until after I'd seen a couple of seasons of the TV series. By that time, only Alan Alda could be Hawkeye, etc. The characters in the film make more fun of the patients than they did on TV. The only character that came through pretty much the same was Sally Kellerman's Hot Lips Houlihan. She and Loretta Swit must have gone to the same acting school. I was unable to identify with the film characters as much as I had already connected with the TV characters of mostly the same names. Now don't get me wrong...this film is very good and has many memorable scenes in it. I just saw the film a lot later than many others did and that has affected my review.