Review of Catch-22 (1970) by Teddy V — 27 Sep 2012
I suppose the fact that the novel is so uniquely amazingly unflinchingly excellent was the impetus necessitating a film version, but never has the cliched quip, "the book was better," been more true.
Alan Arkin is an excellent actor, and hats off to Nichols for casting none other than Orson Welles as General Dreedle along with such big names as Martin Sheen and Jon Voight. Unfortunately, you can't expect a film of a book this good to be as good as the original, it just isn't possible, to say nothing of the fact that half of the book isn't in the movie.
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This review of Catch-22 (1970) was written by Teddy V on 27 Sep 2012.
Catch-22 has generally received positive reviews.
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