Movie #155: MASH

Movie #: 155
Movie Title: MASH
Year Released: 1970

Director: Robert Altman
Notable Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, René Auberjonois, Gary Burghoff

Short Description: The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #54
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Date Watched: 3/8/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: Maybe it was a case of poor expectations, but I didn’t find MASH to be as funny as I’ve heard read it is. Not to say there weren’t amusing parts, but I don’t recall my mild chuckle ever turning into distinguishable laughter. I did enjoy what felt like a buddy comedy between Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, particularly the scene where they were sent to Japan to perform surgery on a congressman’s son. I’d say everything was going about average until a football game broke out. What? A professional looking football game in a war movie seemed out of place and didn’t jive with the rest of the movie. I would have rather spent that 25 minutes watching more of Sutherland’ Hawkeye Pierce and Gould’s Trapper John McIntyre causing mischief.