How Much Fun Was This!

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2015)

'Stripes' is a laugh-riot by all means. A hilarious war-comedy, that works hugely as an entertainer. I was glued to the screen & was laughing from start to end.
'Stripes' Synopsis: Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
'Stripes' works because the characters as well as the narrative, work wonderfully. The sequences that follow one after the other, are silly, but damn funny. At a 106-minutes, this classic offers enough of fun to earn itself a viewing.
Len Blum, Harold Ramis & Daniel Goldberg's Screenplay is simply superb, delivering a tale thats wacky & entirely joyous. Ivan Reitman's Direction is perfect. 'Stripes' is amongst his best works to date. Cinematography is eye-filing. Editing is fair. A special mention for the climatic action-sequence, its nicely done.
Performance-Wise: Bill Murray is impeccable. No one can do deadpan like he does. John Candy, Warren Oates & Harold Ramis are tremendously funny. Its indeed saddening that these blessed talents aren't among us anymore. John Larroquette is another topper. He's first-rate. Others lend wonderful support.
On the whole, 'Stripes' scores a perfect 10/10. I had a ball.