Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap Jul 24, 2023 4/5

The late Alan Arkin enjoyed one of the all-time great "that guy" film careers, such a reliable utility player people forget his leading role in Mike Nichols' adaptation of the Joseph Heller novel.

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Jane Freebury The Canberra Times (Australia) Aug 23, 2022

Cinematography by David Watkins and editing by Sam O'Steen are top class...

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Mar 3, 2022 3/4

Despite countless individual moments that result in humor, or alternatively, biting truth, the experience of watching Catch-22's inherent unevenness wears on the viewer.

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Fernando Trueba El Pais (Spain) Jul 30, 2019

Catch-22 suffers from a lack of imagination... The movie needed a good dose of madness. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Nathanael Hood The Retro Set Dec 28, 2018 4/10

Not so much a cohesive story as a string of only tangentially related vignettes stripped of their original context, Catch-22 fumbles as an adaptation and as a war film in its own right.

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John Mahoney The Hollywood Reporter Nov 23, 2014

Cynical and bitterly cold... [Mike] Nichols and [Buck] Henry fail to make an anti-capitalist film. They have made their case so strong that it becomes an anti-human film.

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Caffeinated Clint Tsunami Magazine Oct 26, 2008 3/5

If you liked M*A*S*H, You'll love this!

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Oct 13, 2008 A

What a strange and mesmerizing folly.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jan 30, 2006 4/5

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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Oct 21, 2005 2/5

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 22, 2005 B

Released during the Vietnam War, the movie was a commercial failure, but seen from today's perspective, its black humor holds up well.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 30, 2005 B

Still positively chilling.

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Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat May 27, 2005 4/5

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Rebecca Murray About.com Apr 13, 2005 4/5

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004 3/4

Nichols has done the same thing in "Catch-22" that he did in "The Graduate." He's given us a funny beginning, then switched tones and gone serious.

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Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 28, 2004 4/5

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Luke Y. Thompson New Times May 13, 2004 4/5

Starts out pretty funny, gets incredibly weird by the end.

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Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Nov 15, 2003 3/5

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Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 22, 2003 4/5

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John Esther Pasadena Weekly Aug 21, 2003 3/5

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