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An Officer and a Gentleman
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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    An Officer and a Gentleman is the best movie about love that I've seen in a long time.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    90
    Undeniably, there's an element of corniness to this. But that doesn't keep An Officer and a Gentleman from being a first-rate movie - a beautifully acted, thoroughly involving romance.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    90
    An Officer and a Gentleman deserves a 21-gun salute, maybe 42. Rarely does a film come along with so many finely-drawn characters to care about.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    88
    The performances are uniformly strong, with Gere offering some of his best work - though it pales in comparison with Gossett's tour de force as the tough, principled Sgt. Foley.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    80
    An awesomely, stiflingly professional piece of work, with a fleet, superficial visual style, perfectly placed climaxes, and a screenplay (by Douglas Day Stewart) that doesn't waste a single character or situation - everything is functional, and nothing but functional.
  6. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    63
    From its title on down, An Officer and a Gentleman (at the Plaza) is both a thoroughly rousing crowd-pleaser and a shamelessly manipulative banner-waver, a homage to the never-practiced ethics of a non-existent era. [28 Jul 1982]
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  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Michael Blowen
    50
    An Officer and a Gentleman has so many echoes that it never finds its own voice. [29 Jul 1982]
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  8. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    40
    The result is a Big Mac of a movie, junk food that somehow reaches the chortling soul.
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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 1 out of 1
  1. SimoneR
    3
    This movie is so unimportant it flies over your head without significant impact. The movie has a layer of moral tone and is resembles a dream factory.
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