A very good movie

Even though it seems like ages ago, there was a time when every single movie directed by Rob Reiner was a big hit, critically and usually also financially. I mean, just check his track record : 'This Is Spinal Tap', 'The Sure Thing', 'Stand by Me', 'The Princess Bride', 'When Harry Met Sally...', 'Misery'. This great combo started in 1984 and was ended by the dreadful 'North' released exactly 10 years later in 1994. This movie was the last one in this impressive serie. Basically, it is a rather standard court drama taking place in the military world. What makes it better than the usual flicks in this genre was first of all the very solid directing by Rob Reiner. He managed indeed to make one exciting thriller. The other great thing about this movie was the cast (Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Christopher Guest, Noah Wyle, Cuba Gooding Jr.). Back then, Tom Cruise was a huge megasuperstar, every single of his movies were some huge hits, Demi Moore was one of the most popular actress, things have changed a lot in 20 years... Anyway, even though both of them were pretty good, they were eventually both blown away by Jack Nicholson who gave once again an impressive performance, playing against type an uptight conservative high ranked soldier. At the end of the day, you won't learn anything really new with this film but you will be really entertained, that's for sure. To conclude, it is a really solid court room thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


8/10