Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971) by Shaun F — 03 Apr 2008

This is one of the best films about war!!!! I recommend it to anyone!

This review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971) was written by Shaun F on 03 Apr 2008.

Johnny Got His Gun has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Johnny Got His Gun

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Andrew O (949) on 20 Nov 2014

The last 15 minutes are musicless, fixated on the dread and hopelessness of the character's situation…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Zack B (668) on 20 Jul 2016

Fantastic story and exceptional ending, however direction is poor and acting is spotty…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Sam S (1,174) on 06 May 2011

I have watched enough 'pacifist' war films in the past, but I can safely say that Johnny Got His Gun is the most emotionally penetrating of…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By André B (153) on 05 Apr 2016

One of those unique moments where an author of a book gets to direct his own story…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Poo B (116) on 19 Mar 2012

If I ever get the verge to watch this semi-boring flick again I will just stick with the Metallica video…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Ned I (14) on 02 Feb 2012

It's dramatic without being cheesy, anti-war without being pamphletary, trippy without being junkie. Terrifying and touchy movie…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Jess B (231) on 05 Mar 2015

Okay, I watched this film after watching the Metallica music video One, which contained clips & was inspired by as well…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Pauliina K (4) on 28 Nov 2010

He won't wait for an answer. All he says is, Kill me, kill me, kill me. Osia elokuvasta nÃ¤htÃ¤vissÃ¤ myÃ¶s Metallican One musiikkivideolla…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Fase H (12) on 06 Mar 2011

What would you do without legs, arms, tongue, eyes? A great movie on war's stupidity, of course! 3 out of 5…

Read Review

Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Walter M (1,360) on 30 Mar 2010

It is said that our entire lives flash by in the moments before we die…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The African Queen (1952)

By Heidi* E (39) on 12 Aug 2008

I managed to watch full 10 minutes of this movie and all I heard was 'mr. allnut ,yes miss? mr. allnut, yes miss…

Read Review

Review of Babel (2006)

By Finnigan37 (16) on 22 Feb 2013

This is one of the five worst films I have ever seen. Insanely boring and pointless. Dullness for the sake of dullness…

Read Review

Review of Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

By Travis (14) on 18 Sep 2005

This movie was pretty pathetic. Though that may be because of how much I loved the book. I found it hard to sit through…

Read Review

Review of The Dirty Dozen (1967)

By Pj P (157) on 24 Nov 2007

Hero'izing scum of the earth, no thankyou…

Read Review

Review of Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

By Dylan K (291) on 25 Nov 2017

Looks like it was shot by the second unit from The A Team…

Read Review

Review of The Miracle Worker (1962)

By Harry W (1,900) on 02 Apr 2016

Winning Anne Bancroft an Academy Award for the story of the iconic Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker sounded like an inspiring tale…

Read Review

Review of Beyond Silence (1996)

By Ryan T (1,220) on 25 Oct 2008

Vielleicht wÃ¼rde es geheiÃ?en, Jenseits des Kitsch, trotzdem war die Musik nicht schlecht…

Read Review

Review of Human Nature (2001)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 11 Apr 2002

Smug and lacking in invention, it's just the opposite of Malkovich's enthralling mixture of behavioral acuity and brilliantly bizarre plotting…

Read Review

Review of The Wild Child (1970)

By Nicolas Rapold (488) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Dec 2013

Rather than present a clichéd fall from grace, Truffaut elicits ambivalence by closely tracking the Enlightened scientist’s optimism; after…

Read Review

Review of 8½ (1963)

By Gracjanski (417) on 01 May 2021

Extremely boring movie with a surrealistic atmosphere and weird characters. I couldnt find any humour also…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

75%209 Reviews

The Wasp Woman

1959

38%50 Reviews

The Remains of the Day

1993

81%613 Reviews

The Dictator

2012

58%862 Reviews

Crazy

2000

58%455 Reviews

Into Eternity: A Film for the Future

2010

73%61 Reviews

The Young Victoria

2009

72%698 Reviews

Django

1966

73%302 Reviews

Confessions of a Superhero

2007

70%231 Reviews

Heights

2005

64%183 Reviews