Overcalculated, thoroughly false humanist mush—one of those “real movies about real people” without a single authentic moment.
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This review of The Great Santini (1979) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 19 Mar 1983.
The Great Santini has generally received positive reviews.
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