Fresh
For me, M*A*S*H contains as much depression as humor.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Overview
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Director and cast
- Robert Altman Director
- Donald Sutherland as Captain Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
- Elliott Gould as Captain John Francis Xavier 'Trapper John' McIntyre
- Tom Skerritt as Captain Augustus Bedford 'Duke' Forrest
- Sally Kellerman as Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
- Robert Duvall as Major Franklin Archimedes 'Frank' Burns
- Roger Bowen Cast
- René Auberjonois Cast
- David Arkin Cast
- Jo Ann Pflug Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's the first real film of the 1970s.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
This is still watchable for the verve of the ensemble acting and dovetailing direction, but some of the crassness leaves a sour aftertaste.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
In the end M.A.S.H. succeeds, in spite of its glaring faults.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It shows Altman's stylistic signature in embryonic form.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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