Mister Roberts

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Kylo L Oct 13, 2018 Mister Roberts is an excellent film. It is about the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew who are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean during the waning days of World War II. Henry Fonda and James Cagney give amazing performances. The screenplay was well written. John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy did great jobs directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and humor. Mister Roberts is a must see. See more

Ron R Mar 31, 2018 Not only is it really funny, but it features an all star cast and once again great direction from John Ford.

Theodore W Nov 10, 2017 Mister Roberts is a film that could easily feel like more of the same, because it is another film about the crew of a ship during WWII. But there are a couple of things that make this one stand out as a little better than most of the other films that have similar stories. First of all, it is not about these guys putting their life on the line and spending the whole film dodging bullets and bombs. Instead this is a cargo ship that is away from all the combat. So the enemy that these guys are fighting is monotony and boredom. That lends this film a unique feel. The other excellent thing in Mister Roberts is the cast. In particular the trio of Henry Fonda, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon made me smile every time they were on the screen. Their banter was fun, and you could see a real connection between all three. I did have some issues with James Cagney, though. He was a little over-the-top, and not in a good way. It didn’t ruin the movie because he’s supposed to be an antagonist, but this is where I have begun to question whether I even like him as an actor because it seems every time I see him he’s acting this same way. There were also a few sequences in Mister Roberts that carried on longer than necessary, but otherwise I thought it was a solid film. It also touched me emotionally in the end, which isn’t something that I can say about all war films. They did a great job of making me care about these characters. It’s not the best war film around, but Mister Roberts is one that I think is worth a look. See more

Albus S Jun 4, 2017 Finished watching this the other night wit W. It was okay. Better than I was expecting.

Kylo S Jul 16, 2007 Years before Robert Altman's MASH would try to delineate the gray area between blind patriotism and the right to challenge authority, this popular work took a swim in those same waters. Fonda is his ever-loving liberal best as the voice of reason aboard a Navy cargo ship far out of harm's way while Cagney embodies the totalitarianism of obedience w/o thought. Sparks are gonna fly. Lemmon won a Best Supporting Oscar for his efforts. See more

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