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Goldie Hawn is fabulous in an Academy Award nominated role (her only nomination as Best Actress although she has won Best Supporting Actress). She plays a dumb blonde bride who on her wedding night while having sex becomes a widow. Thoroughly depressed, she isolates herself in a motel room and finally meets with an Army recruiter. He convinces her that entering the Army is the answer to all her problems. And so now we have Private Judy Benjamin. At basic training, enter Captain Doreen Lewis, played by Eileen Brennan, also in an Academy Award nominated role, who plays her superior fabulously. We see Goldie struggling through the rigors with other recruits such as Mary Kay Place. They end up in various madcap situations which are thoroughly enjoyable. But the epitome is when they put blue Rit dye in the shower faucet of Captain Lewis, and we see her take a shower with the blue dye all over her. Goldie as Judy Benjamin has more to do in this movie, but the second half is not nearly as entertaining as the first part. She becomes a member of the Thunderbirds, an exclusive parachuting troop, until the commander comes on to her. By now, her naivete is gone, and she blackmails the commander to send her to an exciting city, Paris. She becomes the assistant to an Indian ambassador to SHAPE, a division of NATO. It is hilarious to see Judy try to talk with an Indian accent. In Paris, she also meets a previous acquaintance, Henri Tremonte, played by Armand Assante, who becomes her live-in and a rogue. The point of this move by the producers I am sure is to show that Judy Benjamin is no longer stupid. And she will not put up with a man who will play around on her and neglect her. Despite the downhill plot of this movie, the first part is well worth the adventure. This is Goldie at her best! But my favorite movies of hers are still Overboard and Swing Shift.Read full review
This film is really timeless. It is just as funny and engaging as it was 40 years ago.
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I remember seeing this film in a theater release at this time, and i like it , i never see it after, too much cgi in film today. Goldie Hawn made lot of great comedies.
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Goldie Hawn produced this movie because she wanted control over the content. It is very entertaining and also is one of the first movies about supporting the treatment of women, both in the military and in romantic relationships. But I love it because it is funny!!
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The quality of this previously used DVD is very nice. As advertised
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