Review of Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) by Joshua S — 27 Aug 2014

Best Robin Williams character next to Aladdin's Genie.

This review of Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) was written by Joshua S on 27 Aug 2014.

Good Morning, Vietnam has generally received positive reviews.

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Movie night with Iris. Essentially freestyle Williams. The plot is wafer thin, and it doesn't really criticise the US being in Vietnam…

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Robin Williams is excellent, making the most of his improvisation skills and ad-libbing every one of those funny broadcasts (though his frenetic…

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Based on true events, this is a brilliant film and I love the fact Robin Williams improvised his lines when he was doing the radio scenes…

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