Review of Full Metal Jacket (1987) by Judy Stone for San Francisco Chronicle — 04 Jun 2011
The footage on the Paris Island obstacle course is powerful. But Full Metal Jacket is uncertain where to go, and the movie's climax, which Kubrick obviously intends to be a mighty moral revelation, seems phoned in from earlier war pictures.
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This review of Full Metal Jacket (1987) was written by Judy Stone and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 04 Jun 2011.
Full Metal Jacket has generally received very positive reviews.
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