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Biloxi Blues

Eugene Morris Jerome is drafted and sent to boot camp in Biloxi, Miss., toward the end of World War II. Eugene instantly butts heads with an off-kilter drill sergeant whose contemptuous attitude toward Eugene does little to help the new recruit.
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Netflix Rating: 3.4
NYT Critics' Pick
Neil Simon's buck private in Mississippi boot camp. Credible and appealing. Read the review
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics

Broderick acts with a beautifully wary exuberance, full of a puckish vulnerability and anxious, twisted impishness. full review

Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times

Perhaps this movie isn't as wise or as profound as Simon wants it to be, but it is certainly a cut above sitcom complacency, and packed with wit and charm. full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Playing a character perched precisely on the point between adolescence and manhood, Broderick is enjoyable all the way. full review

Variety Staff, Variety

With superb performances by Mr. Broderick and Christopher Walken, who plays Mr. Simon's nearly unhinged, very funny variation on the drill sergeant of movie myth, ''Biloxi Blues'' has a fully satisfying lif...[ END HERE ] of its own full review

Vincent Canby, New York Times

Overall Nichols, Simon and especially Broderick find fresh threads in the old fatigues. full review

Rita Kempley, Washington Post

The movie Mike Nichols has directed from the play is pale, shallow, unconvincing and predictable, and tells us less about the characters than we already know. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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  • Release Year: 1988
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Available From: Dec 02, 2012
  • Available Until: Dec 31, 2099
  • Remaining: 31631 days left
  • Queued by: 304 people
Directed By
Mike Nichols
Cast
Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker Robinson, Markus Flanagan, Casey Siemaszko, Michael Dolan, Penelope Ann Miller, Park Overall, Alan Pottinger, Mark Evan Jacobs, Dave Klenzie, Matthew Kimbrough, Kirby Mitchell
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