Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1564
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 250
Theatrical Release Date: 06/26/1981
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Candy
Plot: John Winger, a down-on-his luck New Yorker, convinces his friend to join to army with him to impress chicks and make money. Clowning through basic training, becoming the leader of a misfit platoon, Winger somehow manages to land a plum assignment manning a new urban assault vehicle in Italy. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 04/08/2024
Assembles a league of the 80's brightest comedy writers, director, and stars. "Stripes" still makes me hoot with laughter.
Rating of
1.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/26/2012
Extraordinarily obvious army comedy (think a bootcamp version of Police Academy) saved from total ineptitude by the presence of some of the biggest comic talents of the 80s. The jokes are weak but they're delivered by pros.
Rating of
3.5/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 01/12/2011
An energetic, sometimes raunchy, always witty of politics and the military, done in an infectiously lighthearted manner. The comic timing and enthusiasm of the entire cast makes this film hilarious through and through. One of the best comedies of the 80's.
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