Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Catch-22
The nice thing about war is that the person who kills you really has nothing against you. Personally.
1970 · 2h 1m · R
Comedy, War
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Overview
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
Director and cast
- Mike Nichols Director
- Alan Arkin as Captain John Yossarian, (Bombardier)
- Martin Balsam as Colonel Cathcart (CO, 256th Squadron)
- Richard Benjamin as Major Danby (Flight Operations Officer)
- Art Garfunkel as Captain Nately
- Jack Gilford as Dr. "Doc" Daneeka
- Buck Henry as Lt. Colonel Korn (XO / Roman policeman)
- Bob Newhart Cast
- Anthony Perkins Cast
- Paula Prentiss Cast
- Orson Welles Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Quite simply, the best American film I've seen this year.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The film is cynical and bitterly cold. Nichols has hit one out of three virtues.
Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
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).
Time Out
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