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      Military Intelligence and You!

      2006 1h 18m Comedy List
      45% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 33% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A soldier must locate a hidden bomber base and win back the woman he loves. Read More Read Less

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      Ty Burr Boston Globe It's a great idea for 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the movie's 78 minutes long. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 21, 2008 Full Review Ann Hornaday Washington Post Although [director] Kutzera does a great job of cinematic excavation and editing, Military Intelligence and You! never manages to overcome its tone of glib condescension and soar to Strangelovian heights. Mar 20, 2008 Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times An ingenious satire that could easily tip toward self-congratulation yet never does. Rated: 3/4 Feb 29, 2008 Full Review Tenley Woodman Boston Herald Rated: B+ Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan A hilarious takeoff on World War II training films. Oct 18, 2008 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher This wickedly funny satire takes no prisoners as it mixes World War II-era footage with new material. May 21, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member I expected little from this find, given the lame DVD cover (not as shown here), but was pleasantly surprised. The satire is muted and underplayed but sharp. Archival footage is mixed in nicely with faux-vintage new footage, and the performances, if stock, were high calibre (pun intended). Good idea, good writing, good dig at American foreign policy. (I'm not American, i'm on the receiving end.) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member A real chore to sit through. Think Airplane-style humour mixed in with old World War II movie clips with a cast that fail to deliver the dead-pan required. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Allegedly intended, and certainly billed, as a parody of the military training and recruitment videos of the 40s, it only occasionally seems to put forth the effort to make actual jokes at their expense, and at the expense of the military. Apart from these occasional ribbings at the differences between actual wartime situations and the watered down equivalents portrayed in those old propganda-reels (and a few sly references to America's current war on the abstract concept of "fear"), it more often than not comes across as more of a genuine tribute to them. Still, it kept me fairly amused. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/09/08 Full Review Audience Member Not as funny as I'd hoped, some of the satirical barbs are on target, and a few lines which made me laugh "We gave the world popcorn! Who doesn't love popcorn?" Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member MADE ME LAUGH......WORTH A LOOK Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Old military training films mixed with newer footage (but of the same style) makes for an interesting experiment in commentary and satire. I'm not sure if the intent was to make fun of our government and the military or just be funny, but it does both a fair bit. I thought it was interesting, but grew a little tired of it somewhere in the middle. It's like a joke that goes on a little too long. Some people will eat this up, some are going to hate it. As usual, I'm somewhere in the middle. If the title caught your attention, check it out.. you might like it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A soldier must locate a hidden bomber base and win back the woman he loves.
      Director
      Dale Kutzera
      Screenwriter
      Dale Kutzera
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 6, 2008
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $8.0K
      Runtime
      1h 18m