M.A.S.H. 1970 #54 AFI Top 100 List
The funny and rather messed up main characters of M.A.S.H. played by Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould make their way through the Korean War in a lighthearted and often clever way, even though the not so pleasant side of war looms just off to the sides of the movie as it only slightly deals with such tough topics as suicide, mental illness and drug abuse. With names like Hawkeye, Hot Lips, Trapper, Radar, Painless, Dish and Spearchucker, you can only imagine the zaney antics that the characters get into what seems more like stream of conciousness episodic humor. With parents that were die hard M.A.S.H. fans, I personally grew up watching the television series, which makes this movie a hard one for me to watch objectively...as I spent the entire time trying to correlate it with its tv spin off! For Brian, he had never seen the movie, so it was a treat. Pay attention to what this movie is trying to say...don't take life too seriously!
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