Major Payne

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Major Payne

PG-13

Released Mar 24, 1995

1h 37m

Comedy

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Maj. Benson Payne (Damon Wayans) lives, breathes and sleeps war. But after being honorably discharged from the Marines due to a lack of wars, Payne, the natural-born killer, has absolutely no idea how to cope in everyday civilian life. Fortunately, before he completely breaks down, Payne finds his way back into a military capacity at Madison Preparatory School, leading a group of misfit JROTC students who don't want to be led. Whipping these kids into shape might be his toughest battle yet.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

The problem with this movie isn’t ambivalence, because nothing has been sufficiently established, either morally or psychologically...

Rated: 1/4

Jun 7, 2022

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: F

Sep 7, 2011

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Rated: 1/4

Jun 18, 2002

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

The movies have yet to utilize the writing and performing talents that were evident from Damon Wayans on In Living Color.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 2, 2022

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Silly slapstick movie has some violence, salty language.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 13, 2015

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Sep 15, 2005

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James J

I’ve known this since i was a kid and it’s still the best movie i’ve ever seen!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Anton H

A hilarious sendup of drill sergeant movie cliches and the “tough guy forced to deal with kids” premise, this one delivers the goods a fantastic form. Big laughs and a disarmingly warm story arc, there’s more than enough here for everyone to enjoy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Yoyi Y

This is a disaster, Marlon and Shawn are better than Damon, White Chicks is good, but Major Payne, a bad movie, it deserves R rating for bad scenes for kids, not allowed to watch with kids, this deserves being forgotten, I don't want a sequel, I want it end.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Audience Member

One of my favorite movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Drakon P

The joke is this: I am from Russia, and we often bought licenses for films at a discount that were not particularly liked in the West, but for us, due to the fact that these films were often shown on TV, such films became iconic, we can literally repeat phrases after the characters of these films. films, and Major Payne is one of such films, of course, our dubbing with Russian voices played an important role, but the actors in the original were well chosen. I think this movie is underrated. Theoretically, he is comedic and should not teach anything special, but at the same time he teaches duty, honor and friendship, and, of course, that family is important, even the most experienced soldier in the film understood what family is, I have nothing more to say, one digit is 5 out of five possible. out of 5

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/30/24

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Chris K

Not bad, worth watching at least once, especially if you where in JROTC.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Nick Castle

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Maj. Benson Payne

Karyn Parsons

Emily Walburn

Michael Ironside

Lt. Col. Stone

William Hickey

Dr. Phillips

Albert Hall

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Synopsis

Maj. Benson Payne (Damon Wayans) lives, breathes and sleeps war. But after being honorably discharged from the Marines due to a lack of wars, Payne, the natural-born killer, has absolutely no idea how to cope in everyday civilian life. Fortunately, before he completely breaks down, Payne finds his way back into a military capacity at Madison Preparatory School, leading a group of misfit JROTC students who don't want to be led. Whipping these kids into shape might be his toughest battle yet.

Director: Nick Castle
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Michael I. Rachmil
Screenwriter: Dean Lorey, Damon Wayans, Gary Rosen
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 1995, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.4M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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