The Navy wants a murder case to be ignored.

You could cut this down to about 30 minutes - just Nicholson's scenes (and the bare minimum of the rest of it to give them context). That's all that's there. Cruise does well (but he's nowhere near interesting enough carry the film, which he has to do). I suspect that seeing this as a kid is the reason I thought for years that courtroom dramas were crap.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: D

Enjoyment: C

GPA: 1.9/4 ( )

Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.

A Few Good Men

From Netflix: Jack Nicholson's line, "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!" became a '90s catchphrase. When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Nicholson). Director Rob Reiner's probing drama earned four Oscar nominations.

1992/138 Minutes/Rated R

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