Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 war comedy. The movie was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners III and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Good Morning, Vietnam was written by Mitch Markowtiz and directed by Barry Levinson.
The story is radio funnyman Adrian Cronauer has been sent to Vietnam to bring a little humor back into the soldiers' lives. While he's making the soldiers have a good time, he shocks Sergeant Major Dickerson. While he's doing everything he can to fight Dickerson's censorship, he also falls in love with a Vietnamese woman named Trinh, and also sees just how bad things are and can get in Vietnam.
My Thoughts
One thing you have to absolutely praise about the movie is Robin Williams. I want to say, although I could be wrong that this was the first movie or an early example of his acting chops. He of course nails with the comedy, but we also see him show angry and sadness for the more dramatic scenes.
What also made Good Morning, Vietnam such a good film was the humor. I absolutely lost it during a scene with Nixon's recording. That was just hilarious. And as much as I want to go into more detail about the funnier moments, I do think it's best if you see them for yourselves.
The next thing I want to being up is the drama. Sure the movie does give a slight glimpse about the horrors of Vietnam. But what also made it dramatic was how there was constant debate about what Adrian is allowed and not allowed to say. And that aspect is debating upon him and his superiors, despite the fact that the soldiers love his uncensored and unfiltered voice. And then there's one part of the movie where there's a betrayal, and one of our characters is heartbroken about it.
Now since I brought up that the movie has both comedy and drama how do those two things go together? Pretty well. There was a huge moment at bar where right what happened, I thought to myself now the movie's all of a sudden gonna be a drama, but no. While we still get humor, the movie managed to balance both of the genres without one overstepping the other.
Good Morning, Vietnam is without a doubt an essential Robin Williams film. Robin gave a great performance, it's very funny, there's great dramatic tension, and both the humor and drama is perfectly balanced.
My final rating is A Must Watch.
Okay that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, App 2nd for my review of Morbius. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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