M*A*S*H ** out of ****

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2003)

Robert Altman's 1970 overrated "classic", M*A*S*H, is sometimes recognized as one of the funniest films of all time. In fact, the AFI ranked it as one of the top ten funniest films of all time. It is very chaotic and insane, but, in this reviewer's opinion, unfunny. I'll admit I laughed at several parts in this film, but not enough to make it a comedy classic. The movie is most famous for being spun off into the TV-Series of the same name, and the recognition from the show has brought the film both over and underpraises by either giving praise from the show to the film or comparing the two. I have not ever seen an episode of the show so my opinion of the show is yet to be discovered, but my opinion of the movie is that it's not funny enough to be a comedy, not dramatic enough to be a drama, and isn't about the war enough to make it a war film. The meaning to the football ending still has not been solved by me. Not a bad movie but not a good one either. Mediocre at best. In my opinion the worst film on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies List.