Shouldn't have had a plot

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2005)

Many accuse "Full Metal Jacket" of being "half a masterpiece" (referring to it being quite harshly divided into two and to the fact that many prefer the first part); without taking a stance on that matter, I must say here is a similar situation, although this is only about ten, fifteen at most, percent of a masterpiece. Luckily, the crucial point comes relatively late here: the moment they're sent to Italy. After that there's much indifference in the air.
But before that, amid some over-stretching and a few misses there is much good to be found. The dialogue has many highlights as one can see by clicking once or, perhaps preferably, viewing this.
A remark: the film has a peculiar air of childishness to it. I do of course realise that they know that most of this is not exactly highbrow.
Anything with Murray is always worth seeing, but I think Ramis here even funnier than him. Then again, he was writing this, but let's not split hairs now, shall we? I like the film but would have liked it even more if it had finished as the slightly above-average collection of hit-and-miss sketches it begins as.