Sgt. Bilko 1996

Critics score:
32 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The film is full of gratifying gags like these, but it also has to strain for newly enlarged scope. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: [A] celebration of high jinks. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This Sgt. Bilko should be court-martialed. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: One of the pleasures of the movie is all the little jokes hidden in the corners. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Wacky is just the right tone for a spring comedy. Read more

Time Out: This is shoddy hackwork, replaying classic scenarios (the honest new recruit, audits by Pentagon bigwigs and manoeuvres in Nevada) with such disregard for narrative structure the reels might be in the wrong order. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: Though Martin and a solid supporting cast produce a few scattered moments of near-hilarity, for the most part the terrain here is as flat as it gets. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Martin's aggrieved expressions and sublime physical bits are constantly entertaining. Read more