Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987) by Halo D — 09 Apr 2012

Tips hat to Kubrick for one of the best films ever made about the Vietnam War.

This review of Full Metal Jacket (1987) was written by Halo D on 09 Apr 2012.

Full Metal Jacket has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Full Metal Jacket

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Fafcsr (2) on 08 Dec 2020

A Kubrick movie with political/ideological agenda. A great movie but with a superficial view of the human and war…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Sydmwswy (27) on 09 Jul 2022

Full Metal Jacket is definitely a film that is very far from Kubrick's filmmaking method…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Filipeneto (856) on 28 Jun 2018

This is another movie about the Vietnam War. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, its full of violence and shocking scenes, as the director likes…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Jesfsf (10) on 15 Apr 2021

A great war film in two very different halves. The first half (I'd give a 9 or 10) took me back to boot camp like no other piece of media…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Catherine B (120) on 26 Sep 2018

Stanley Kubrick was already a legend when he made Full Metal Jacket- a war movie. The film is divided into two parts…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Tyranian (764) on 06 Jan 2020

Reasonably good satiric-war film that's well-directed but isn't as perceptive as it thinks it is…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Aj_13 (170) on 04 Mar 2021

I really enjoyed it, specially the first half of the movie. Nonetheless, it sets the bar so high that the second half results to be notably worse…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Asukals (3) on 27 Apr 2019

The first part of the movie while the soldiers do the training is superb. After that the movie goes down several steps…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Raffaele A (116) on 09 Oct 2018

Full Metal Jacket was Kubrick's take on war and what it entails. Divided into two stories this is one hard hitting film…

Read Review

Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987)

By Bronson13 (3) on 04 Sep 2018

Another masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick. One of the best first 40 minutes ever put to film…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Read It and Weep (2006)

By Riot. R (1) on 20 Jan 2008

I can't believe I watched the whole thing. It was nice to see the Panabaker sisters act together, though…

Read Review

Review of Lions for Lambs (2007)

By Joshuar. (5) on 09 Nov 2007

Not only is this movie boring but it seems to think that most of its viewers are idiots who can't follow the simpliest of plot lines…

Read Review

Review of Viridiana (1962)

By Ryan D (1,234) on 20 Nov 2009

Luis Buñel's Viridiana is about a nun of the same name…

Read Review

Review of Candy (2006)

By Brie Beazley (7) for Reel.com (1,232) on 17 Nov 2006

Beautifully shot and wonderfully directed, Candy is a gut-wrenching, sobering, and passionate look at relationships, addiction, and one woman's…

Read Review

Review of Les Misérables (1958)

By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 06 May 2013

The stand-out, and easily the best reason to see this Les misérables... is obviously Jean Gabin…

Read Review

Review of Les Misérables (1998)

By Anita T (49) on 20 Jan 2018

Complete misunderstanding. If you love the book, don't watch it…

Read Review

Review of Sense and Sensibility (1995)

By Becky B (382) on 07 Oct 2012

Watched about two minutes and didn't like it. I can't stand Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant which really put me off…

Read Review

Review of Legends of the Fall (1994)

By Davids (72) on 07 Aug 2009

This movie does one amazing thing: it sets a new record for cheesy cliches maybe 20 minutes from the end, then doubles the record again…

Read Review

Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Willfh (2) on 14 Apr 2020

This whole movie is just a reverse Ratatouille. A cheap knockoff to say the least…

Read Review

Review of G.I. Jane (1997)

By Nickthecritick (243) on 03 Nov 2021

Simply one of the worst movie ever made. Ridley Scott confirms to be a great director that often chooses the wrong screenplay…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

71%170 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Full Metal Jacket

1987

82%894 Reviews

Treasure Planet

2002

71%897 Reviews

Wild Hogs

2007

51%666 Reviews

A Christmas Horror Story

2015

55%73 Reviews

You Can't Take It with You

1938

80%368 Reviews

Gamer

2001

34%585 Reviews

Mystic River

2003

80%903 Reviews

Martyrs

2008

53%824 Reviews

2001 Maniacs

2005

51%355 Reviews

Once Upon a Time in China II

1992

76%165 Reviews