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Catch-22
The film follows Capt. John Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a pilot stationed in the Mediterranean who flies bombing missions during World War II. John tries desperately to be certified insane to escape his dire and increasingly absurd situation.
6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
24 March 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 December 1930, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1941, Forest Hills, New York, USA
14 March 1938, Madison, Connecticut, USA
21 April 1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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29 December 1938, Yonkers, New York, USA
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 13, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
4 April 1921, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
July 26, 2002
Can't capture the brilliance of the source material ... but does a pretty good job all the same.
October 13, 2008
What a strange and mesmerizing folly.
May 20, 2003
Quite simply, the best American film I've seen this year.
June 19, 2003
A mess, occasionally a fascinating one.
May 13, 2004
Starts out pretty funny, gets incredibly weird by the end.
May 30, 2005
Still positively chilling.
February 09, 2006
Though the vertiginously absurdist logic of the book is hopelessly fractured, some of it does filter through (the mostly superb performances are a great help).
August 13, 2003
Flawed, but frequently brilliant.
October 23, 2004
Nichols has done the same thing in "Catch-22" that he did in "The Graduate." He's given us a funny beginning, then switched tones and gone serious.
October 26, 2008
If you liked M*A*S*H, You'll love this!
November 23, 2014
The film is cynical and bitterly cold. Nichols has hit one out of three virtues.
July 22, 2005
Released during the Vietnam War, the movie was a commercial failure, but seen from today's perspective, its black humor holds up well.