“Some ultimate and flawless perfection may have been missed. But as a noble use of the medium and as a timeless expression of a national anguish, it towers over anything that has been attempted by an American film maker in a very long time.”
- Los Angeles Times

“A score from John Williams and aggressive direction from Oliver Stone make this the pre-eminent Vietnam War movie.”
- Times (UK)

“As a savage comedy about man's rebellion in the face of death it has rarely been bettered.”
- Empire Magazine

Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden

“Age has not withered that final queasy nightmare of the mushroom clouds, set to Vera Lynn’s hopeful We’ll Meet Again.”– Guardian