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G.I. Jane
Buena Vista Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R
Starring
Demi Moore,
Viggo Mortensen,
Anne Bancroft,
Jason Beghe,
Daniel von Bargen,
John Michael Higgins,
Kevin Gage,
and
Morris Chestnut
Moore stars as gutsy Lieutenant O'Neil, the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces most highly skilled combat unit -- the elite Navy SEALS. But the already brutal rigors of training camp turn into an unimaginable test of courage and determination once it becomes clear that no one -- powerful politicians, top military brass, or her male Navy SEAL teammates -- wants her to succeed. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
David Twohy
Danielle Alexandra (also story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Ridley Scott
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 13, 2004
Video: August 28, 2001
Theatrical: August 22, 1997
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| RUNNING TIME: |
124 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Newsweek
Jack Kroll
Watching Moore battle the heavy odds may be formulaic fun, but it's genuine fun, and the formula is classic.
90
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A very entertaining get-tough fantasy with political and feminist underpinnings.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The training sequences are as they have to be: incredible rigors, survived by O'Neil. They are good cinema because Ridley Scott, the director, brings a documentary attention to them, and because Demi Moore, having bitten off a great deal here, proves she can chew it.
88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Down in the mud with the guys, Moore finds the heart of her character and a career beyond vanity and hype. She's never looked better.
80
Time
Richard Schickel
What he (Scott) does superbly is establish a raw, compelling reality that transcends his movie's banal premises and predictable conclusion. That permits Moore to play, and us to feel, authentic pain, isola- tion and courage--shocking stuff to find in an action movie these days. [25 August 1997, p. 72]
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
With a strongly visual director, Ridley Scott ("Blade Runner," "Alien", the film really shows what's involved at this level of combat training.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Director Scott, flashy, fluid and at his best in the steely-blue claustrophic battle-training scenes, immerses the viewer in the process.
70
The New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Mr. Scott's affinity for the visceral and strenuous, from ''Alien'' to ''Blade Runner'' to ''White Squall,'' is much more central here than the renegade feminism of his ''Thelma and Louise.'' With punishing intensity, he plunges his audience into the maelstrom of the training program.
70
Slate
Sarah Kerr
People who dismiss Moore and G.I. Jane out of hand are wrong, because she makes a memorably tough heroine and the movie is solid fun, even, in places, quite intelligent.
70
Washington Post
Eve Zibart
Guts-and-green-beret saga.
67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Were women put on earth to be warriors? Demi Moore certainly was. The role of Jordan fits her as snugly as a new layer of muscle.
63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It's the kind of high energy, fast-paced film where you can guiltlessly root for the heroine to persevere -- but that's all it succeeds at.
63
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
The most refreshing performance is by Mortensen.
60
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
This hot-button picture isn't especially well thought-out, but it might be crafty and manipulative enough to rile up audiences.
60
TV Guide
Sandra Contreras
Bancroft and Mortensen take home the acting awards -- the pleasure they take in what they're doing really makes the film come alive.
50
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Well-intentioned even as it surrenders to commercialism, G.I. Jane comes on like the ultimate battle of the sexes. But it ends up being an unfulfilling exercise in pseudo-feminism. [22 August 1997, p. 7D]
50
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
As a vehicle for Moore's acting abilities (and Mortensen's, for that matter), G.I. Jane is terrific. But as the end-of-summer blockbuster it's doubtless intended to be, it's pretty much a washout.
40
Dallas Observer
Peter Rainer
G.I. Jane is liberated, all right--from good acting and a good story.
40
Empire
Deborah Brown
In spite of a catalogue of downsides, including clunky dialogue, fuzzy morals and preposterous story lines, G.I. Jane does offer a perverse level of enjoyment.
40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
John Krewson
If you're looking for a film that addresses a woman's place in a combat unit, keep waiting. If you want a film where a woman can get big muscles and shoot guns and have her husband still love her, here you are.
20
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Virtually unendurable.
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