Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

This is not funny. It is awful. It has an awful story line. Not that people who like comedy movie care at all about a good story line. Has long they laugh. And it really does not have to be funny or people to laugh. People will laugh long before they will cry. Tell people to laugh and will laugh. Tell them cry and they will laugh ever more. If you are some who only like comedies that are really funny and have good story line see Ghost busters. If you some one I just will like any thing at is a comedy. Then you will like. this movie. Most people like something just because it a comedy. If that were not case this movie would not be so popular. This movie a piece of pooh. And if you can not see that. That is your problem not mines.

Stripes is my favorite movie from comedic genius Bill Murray. Stripes is hilarious from start to finish and this is in my opinion director Ivan Reitman's finest film work as well. Harold Ramis has excellent chemistry with Bill Murray and his character and rapport with Bill Murray is a crucial component of making this film work. Murray and Ramis give some of their most memorable performances on screen and play off each other wonderfully. Plus, I am sure behind the scenes, his writing made this excellent(when combined with Murray's brilliant improvisation). The support cast is amazing with John Candy,PJ Soles,Sean Young,John Larroquette and Judge Reinhold. Also, let's not forget about Warren Oates in a very memorable role as Sgt. Hulka. Warren Oates gives the role and film some credibility and is excellent in this role. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and company party all the time in this comedy classic and if you don't find this movie to be funny, you probably would'nt know a good time if it was sitting on your face.

This movie has some funny jokes here and there, but that's about it. I was really confused about this movie, because a lot of the characters just walked around saying "funny" things, often without any context, and without a normal or funny response from the people the characters were talking to. I'm not a movie expert, so I'm not sure if the clichés in this movie were just clichés, or if this movie is actually the one responsible for the making of these clichés. That does not change the fact that they are indeed clichés. An over the top drill sergeant that has no humour, but in the end becomes friends (kinda) with the person he hated the most. A fat guy who is, well, fat. A psycho, a no- brainer and so on. I also found myself very puzzled about the main characters best friend. I simply could not see him as a real person for some reason. Bill Murray plays the same role he always has, but it just doesn't work in this movie.The plot is pretty thin and dumb, which would be fine if the movie didn't take itself that serious. But it does. None of the events, make any sense and it is really annoying when the movie is so often humorless. There is not any kind of consequences for the characters, no they actually get awarded for screwing up so many times. The movie could have used this contradiction as a comedic effect, but it instead implies that these guys have done something good, and that they deserve the praise. This movie should have been waaaay more goofy for the plot to work.This movie seems to have gotten a lot of praise from both critics and regular viewers, but I can only understand that if it is because of its importance. I would have to disagree strongly that this is a good comedy movie.

If you haven't seen it and you're not sure if you want to, stop reading right now and sit down for an evening of silly nostalgic humour.For those of you have seen it, you know how much this film has to offer in hilarity. Filmed just a year before I was born, this movie was always on the shelf at home, and when the parents were out, my brothers and I would put this on and laugh our butts off! Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, and plenty of other well known actors started their cinema roots with this off kilter homage to a military that was still pristine in image and was known for making men out of even the most wimpy souls in America.If you had nowhere else to go, no ambition, or nothing better to do, the army would put you through basic and make a man out of you! It was the perfect stage for a comedy like this one. A bunch of life's miscreants join up for their own individual and mostly stupid reasons, and come together to form one of the worst, miss-guided and downright terrible troops the U.S military ever produced. Not for lack of trying however, it's just... when you get bunch of lemons, it's hard to make champagne.The jokes are silly of course, some fall flat, and most are out dated by most comedic standards, but that is what makes it so damn good! And for some reason this movie has like... 6 acts (It's a bit like 2 movies in one to be honest, the original in the first half, and a sequel covering the second half of the film). Yet it still holds its edge and lightheartedness against the rude and crude comedies of the 2000 era.Grab a few beers, sit down, and try to remember that there was life before terrorism, mortgage bubbles, and Justin Bieber.6/10